diff --git a/build/pkgs/numpy/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/numpy/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb9ba711cf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/numpy/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([numpy], [
+  SAGE_SPKG_DEPCHECK([openblas], [
+    SAGE_PYTHON_MODULE_MINVER([numpy],
+                              [1.21.0],
+                              [],
+                              [sage_spkg_install_numpy=yes])
+  ])
+])