diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-numpy/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python/python-numpy/pspec.xml
index 6dfc6378b7..61cfea9681 100644
--- a/programming/language/python/python-numpy/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-numpy/pspec.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             <Dependency>libgfortran</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cython</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cblas</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libquadmath</Dependency>
             <!--
             <Dependency>python-nose</Dependency>
             -->