diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70ab8487bb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- setup.cfg.orig	2024-08-03 08:03:37 UTC
++++ setup.cfg
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ setup_requires = 
+ 	scipy>=1.9
+ 	packaging
+ setup_requires = 
+-	numpy>=2.0.0
++	numpy
+ 	scipy>=1.9
+ 	cython>=0.29.20; python_version>='3.10'
+ 	packaging