diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 399c23fc0c841b6ea71e865076797b64501cc80d..58ae9c7b40651c6c04e72793460d3b404e5dfa51 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -3272,6 +3272,7 @@ (define-public python-scipy
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-nose" ,python-nose)
        ("python-sphinx" ,python-sphinx)
+       ("python-numpydoc" ,python-numpydoc)
        ("gfortran" ,gfortran)
        ("texlive" ,texlive)
        ("perl" ,perl)))