diff --git a/math/py-numexpr/Makefile b/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
index b4e1241cb4cf2..b1316be992647 100644
--- a/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
+RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.7,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		dos2unix python:3.6+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils