diff --git a/srcpkgs/plplot/template b/srcpkgs/plplot/template
index a80e12310e9..b17eee96f21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plplot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/plplot/template
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'plplot'
 pkgname=plplot
 version=5.15.0
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=cmake
-build_helper="qemu"
-configure_args="-DPL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH=/usr/share/fonts/TTF
- -DCMAKE_NATIVE_BINARY_DIR=/usr -DPREBUILT_DOC=ON -DLUA_DIR=/usr/lib/lua/5.3"
+build_helper="qemu numpy"
+configure_args="
+ -DPL_FREETYPE_FONT_PATH=/usr/share/fonts/TTF
+ -DCMAKE_NATIVE_BINARY_DIR=/usr -DPREBUILT_DOC=ON -DLUA_DIR=/usr/lib/lua/5.3
+ -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_sitelib}/numpy/_core/include
+"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gcc-fortran swig freefont-ttf
  lua53 python3-numpy python3-setuptools plplot-devel"
 makedepends="pango-devel cairo-devel freetype-devel libqhull-devel