diff --git a/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt b/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ce1533e2..0b4366d70 100644
--- a/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,5 @@ configure_file(setup.py setup.py COPYONLY)
 configure_file(__init__.py __init__.py COPYONLY)
 configure_file(loader.py loader.py COPYONLY)
 
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../contrib/client_server.py contrib/client_server.py COPYONLY)
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../contrib/exhaustive_search.py contrib/exhaustive_search.py COPYONLY)
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../contrib/ondisk.py contrib/ondisk.py COPYONLY)
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../contrib/rpc.py contrib/rpc.py COPYONLY)
+file(GLOB files "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../contrib/*.py")
+file(COPY ${files} DESTINATION contrib/)