diff --git a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
index 7d9b2d8748..237baa932c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/plotutils.scm
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ colors, styles, options and details.")
        ("libgc" ,libgc)
        ("python" ,python)
        ("python-cson" ,python-cson)
+       ("python-numpy" ,python-numpy)
        ("python-pyqt" ,python-pyqt)
        ("readline" ,readline)
        ("zlib" ,zlib)))