diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.07-iimkl-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.07-iimkl-2023a.eb
index 25fa6ff36f77..a41da775912f 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.07-iimkl-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2023.07-iimkl-2023a.eb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ builddependencies = [
     ('Meson', '1.1.1'),
     ('Ninja', '1.11.1'),
     ('pkgconf', '1.9.5'),   # required by scipy
+    ('Cython', '3.0.8'),
 ]
 
 dependencies = [