--- /dev/null
+From b8e741c66f71071c3406e592e1537570731bcb35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: mattip <matti.picus@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 26 May 2019 08:55:53 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] BUG: setup.py install --skip-build fails
+
+---
+ numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py b/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
+index 662aa00bda9..6a73f7e3308 100644
+--- a/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
++++ b/numpy/distutils/command/install_clib.py
+@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def finalize_options(self):
+
+ def run (self):
+ build_clib_cmd = get_cmd("build_clib")
++ if not build_clib_cmd.build_clib:
++ # can happen if the user specified `--skip-build`
++ build_clib_cmd.finalize_options()
+ build_dir = build_clib_cmd.build_clib
+
+ # We need the compiler to get the library name -> filename association