diff --git a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@
 
 if(MLIR_BINDINGS_PYTHON_ENABLED)
   include(MLIRDetectPythonEnv)
-  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development NumPy REQUIRED)
   message(STATUS "Found python include dirs: ${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   message(STATUS "Found python libraries: ${Python3_LIBRARIES}")
+  message(STATUS "Found numpy v${Python3_NumPy_VERSION}: ${Python3_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   mlir_detect_pybind11_install()
   find_package(pybind11 2.6 CONFIG REQUIRED)
   message(STATUS "Found pybind11 v${pybind11_VERSION}: ${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR}")