diff --git a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
index 3db2f01c10..451cba5855 100644
--- a/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
+++ b/science/gis/gdal/pspec.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="3fedd60ac105946e51008c306721e27e01165e7c" type="targz">http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/3.7.3/gdal-3.7.3.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>swig</Dependency>
             <Dependency>curl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>hdf5-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>geos-devel</Dependency>
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
             <Dependency>libspatialite-devel</Dependency>
             <!-- for python bindings-->
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-numpy</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-build</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
             <!-- for building man files