diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
index f046ef29825c9..177bc77c4fb16 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootConfiguration.cmake
@@ -486,6 +486,16 @@ if (tmva-cudnn)
 else()
    set(hastmvacudnn undef)
 endif()
+if (tmva-pymva)
+  set(haspymva define)
+else()
+  set(haspymva undef)
+endif()
+if (tmva-rmva)
+  set(hasrmva define)
+else()
+  set(hasrmva undef)
+endif()
 
 # clear cache to allow reconfiguring
 # with a different CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
diff --git a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
index b4122fbe2618d..4b12f702b0a78 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake
@@ -1519,6 +1519,10 @@ if(tmva)
       set(tmva-pymva OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because Numpy or Python development package were not found (${tmva-pymva_description})" FORCE)
     endif()
   endif()
+  if (R_FOUND)
+    #Rmva is enable when r is found and tmva is on 
+    set(tmva-rmva ON)
+  endif()
   if(tmva-rmva AND NOT R_FOUND)
     set(tmva-rmva  OFF CACHE BOOL "Disabled because R was not found (${tmva-rmva_description})"  FORCE)
   endif()
diff --git a/config/RConfigure.in b/config/RConfigure.in
index 281b5e429c811..14921f244b03a 100644
--- a/config/RConfigure.in
+++ b/config/RConfigure.in
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 #@hastmvacpu@ R__HAS_TMVACPU /**/
 #@hastmvagpu@ R__HAS_TMVAGPU /**/
 #@hastmvacudnn@ R__HAS_CUDNN /**/
+#@haspymva@ R__HAS_PYMVA /**/
+#@hasrmva@ R__HAS_RMVA /**/
 
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_CNN_Classification.C b/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_CNN_Classification.C
index 1653eb33af228..ac1853a33072e 100644
--- a/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_CNN_Classification.C
+++ b/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_CNN_Classification.C
@@ -125,16 +125,27 @@ void TMVA_CNN_Classification(std::vector<bool> opt = {1, 1, 1, 1})
 
    bool writeOutputFile = true;
 
+   int num_threads = 0;  // use default threads
+
    TMVA::Tools::Instance();
 
    // do enable MT running
-   ROOT::EnableImplicitMT();
+   if (num_threads >= 0) {
+      ROOT::EnableImplicitMT(num_threads);
+      if (num_threads > 0) gSystem->Setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", TString::Format("%d",num_threads));
+   }
+   else
+      gSystem->Setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", "1");
 
-   // for using Keras
+   std::cout << "Running with nthreads  = " << ROOT::GetThreadPoolSize() << std::endl;
+
+#ifdef R__HAS_PYMVA
    gSystem->Setenv("KERAS_BACKEND", "tensorflow");
-   // for setting openblas in single thread on SWAN
-   gSystem->Setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", "1");
+   // for using Keras
    TMVA::PyMethodBase::PyInitialize();
+#else
+   useKerasCNN = false;
+#endif
 
    TFile *outputFile = nullptr;
    if (writeOutputFile)
diff --git a/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_RNN_Classification.C b/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_RNN_Classification.C
index 916f518eff337..82c16b0cb5fa7 100644
--- a/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_RNN_Classification.C
+++ b/tutorials/tmva/TMVA_RNN_Classification.C
@@ -184,15 +184,26 @@ void TMVA_RNN_Classification(int use_type = 1)
 
    const char *rnn_type = "RNN";
 
+#ifdef R__HAS_PYMVA
    TMVA::PyMethodBase::PyInitialize();
+#else
+   useKeras = false;
+#endif
+
+   int num_threads = 0;   // use by default all threads 
+   // do enable MT running
+   if (num_threads >= 0) {
+      ROOT::EnableImplicitMT(num_threads);
+      if (num_threads > 0) gSystem->Setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", TString::Format("%d",num_threads));
+   }
+   else
+      gSystem->Setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", "1");
 
-   ROOT::EnableImplicitMT();
    TMVA::Config::Instance();
 
-   std::cout << "nthreads  = " << ROOT::GetThreadPoolSize() << std::endl;
+   std::cout << "Running with nthreads  = " << ROOT::GetThreadPoolSize() << std::endl;
 
    TString inputFileName = "time_data_t10_d30.root";
-   // TString inputFileName = "/home/moneta/data/sample_images_32x32.gsoc.root";
 
    bool fileExist = !gSystem->AccessPathName(inputFileName);