diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index 0260bdad..7d2c44bb 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ sci-libs/itpp fftw
 sci-libs/indilib nova
 sci-libs/netcdf -fortran hdf5
 sci-libs/plplot -wxwidgets
+sci-libs/scipy sparse
 sci-libs/ViSP opencv
 
 sci-mathematics/maxima latex