diff --git a/dev-python/iminuit/iminuit-2.2.1.ebuild b/dev-python/iminuit/iminuit-2.2.1.ebuild
index f7cd76d6f9f6d..3c8fe149531b4 100644
--- a/dev-python/iminuit/iminuit-2.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/iminuit/iminuit-2.2.1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
-RDEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]