diff --git a/dev-python/numpy/files/numpy-1.26.1-alpha.patch b/dev-python/numpy/files/numpy-1.26.1-alpha.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0b2ca2eda91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/numpy/files/numpy-1.26.1-alpha.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/909738
+https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/25078
+
+commit 43aaf2093d8dfb3c1fea5d409ea4aa1d0f77816f
+Author: matoro <matoro@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date:   Mon Nov 6 10:21:32 2023 -0500
+
+    BUG: alpha doesn't use REAL(10)
+    
+    Same as e.g. loongarch per gh-24904.  At this point seems like it should
+    be more of an exclude list than an include one...
+
+diff --git a/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py b/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
+index f352bbaa2..d17b052f9 100755
+--- a/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
++++ b/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
+@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ def _selected_real_kind_func(p, r=0, radix=0):
+     if p < 16:
+         return 8
+     machine = platform.machine().lower()
+-    if machine.startswith(('aarch64', 'arm64', 'loongarch', 'power', 'ppc', 'riscv', 's390x', 'sparc')):
++    if machine.startswith(('aarch64', 'alpha', 'arm64', 'loongarch', 'power', 'ppc', 'riscv', 's390x', 'sparc')):
+         if p <= 33:
+             return 16
+     else:
diff --git a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.26.1.ebuild b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.26.1.ebuild
index 955652eea0d8b..03c05aeaa6863 100644
--- a/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.26.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/numpy/numpy-1.26.1.ebuild
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 		>=dev-python/pytz-2019.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-1.26.1-alpha.patch" )
 
 EPYTEST_XDIST=1
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
@@ -142,6 +143,13 @@ python_test() {
 			;;
 	esac
 
+	if ! has_version -b "~${CATEGORY}/${P}[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" ; then
+		# depends on importing numpy.random from system namespace
+		EPYTEST_DESELECT+=(
+			'random/tests/test_extending.py::test_cython'
+		)
+	fi
+
 	rm -rf numpy || die
 	epytest --pyargs numpy
 }