diff --git a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,9 +79,14 @@
 
 if(MLIR_BINDINGS_PYTHON_ENABLED)
   include(MLIRDetectPythonEnv)
-  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS NumPy)
   message(STATUS "Found python include dirs: ${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   message(STATUS "Found python libraries: ${Python3_LIBRARIES}")
+  if(Python3_NumPy_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "Found numpy v${Python3_NumPy_VERSION}: ${Python3_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+  else()
+    message(WARNING "Not found numpy (install via 'pip install numpy')")
+  endif()
   mlir_detect_pybind11_install()
   find_package(pybind11 2.6 CONFIG REQUIRED)
   message(STATUS "Found pybind11 v${pybind11_VERSION}: ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR}")