diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/numpy-distutils-C++.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/numpy-distutils-C++.patch
index 4b2d5c640e64..771da8cf3ffa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/numpy-distutils-C++.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/numpy/numpy-distutils-C++.patch
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 diff --git a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-index a92ccd3..9630e91 100644
+index 6ed5eec..82a88b5 100644
 --- a/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
 +++ b/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
+@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
          if opt not in llink_s:
              self.linker_so = llink_s.split() + opt.split()
  
 -    display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
+-
+     # gcc style automatic dependencies, outputs a makefile (-MF) that lists
+     # all headers needed by a c file as a side effect of compilation (-MMD)
+     if getattr(self, '_auto_depends', False):
+@@ -54,8 +52,15 @@ def UnixCCompiler__compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts
+         deps = []
+ 
      try:
--        self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
+-        self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
 -                   extra_postargs, display = display)
 +        if self.detect_language(src) == 'c++':
 +            display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so_cxx[0]), src)
-+            self.spawn(self.compiler_so_cxx + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
++            self.spawn(self.compiler_so_cxx + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
 +                       extra_postargs, display = display)
 +        else:
 +            display = '%s: %s' % (os.path.basename(self.compiler_so[0]), src)
-+            self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
++            self.spawn(self.compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] + deps +
 +                       extra_postargs, display = display)
++
      except DistutilsExecError:
          msg = str(get_exception())
          raise CompileError(msg)