diff --git a/clients/CMakeLists.txt b/clients/CMakeLists.txt
index 689299ae1..3c22e5494 100644
--- a/clients/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clients/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2023 Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, RWTH Aachen University
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-add_subdirectory(python-wrapper)
 add_subdirectory(opal)
+add_subdirectory(python-wrapper)
 add_subdirectory(shmem)