diff --git a/build_files/scons/tools/Blender.py b/build_files/scons/tools/Blender.py
index 0c5d37f77fe..e07c0d6f0de 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/tools/Blender.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/tools/Blender.py
@@ -693,11 +693,23 @@ def UnixPyBundle(target=None, source=None, env=None):
     run("rm -r '%s/turtle.py'" % py_target)
     run("rm -f '%s/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so'" % py_target)
 
+    if env['WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY']:
+        numpy_src = py_src + "/site-packages/numpy"
+        numpy_target = py_target + "/site-packages/numpy"
+
+        if os.path.exists(numpy_src):
+            print 'Install numpy from:'
+            print '\t"%s" into...' % numpy_src
+            print '\t"%s"\n' % numpy_target
+
+            run("cp -R '%s' '%s'" % (numpy_src, os.path.dirname(numpy_target)))
+        else:
+            print 'Failed to find numpy at %s, skipping copying' % numpy_src
+
     run("find '%s' -type d -name 'test' -prune -exec rm -rf {} ';'" % py_target)
     run("find '%s' -type d -name '__pycache__' -exec rm -rf {} ';'" % py_target)
     run("find '%s' -name '*.py[co]' -exec rm -rf {} ';'" % py_target)
     run("find '%s' -name '*.so' -exec strip -s {} ';'" % py_target)
-    
 
 #### END ACTION STUFF #########
 
diff --git a/build_files/scons/tools/btools.py b/build_files/scons/tools/btools.py
index af484ed382e..e08a013d081 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/tools/btools.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/tools/btools.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def validate_arguments(args, bc):
             'BF_CXX', 'WITH_BF_STATICCXX', 'BF_CXX_LIB_STATIC',
             'BF_TWEAK_MODE', 'BF_SPLIT_SRC',
             'WITHOUT_BF_INSTALL',
-            'WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL', 'WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_UNPACK',
+            'WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL', 'WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_UNPACK', 'WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY'
             'WITHOUT_BF_OVERWRITE_INSTALL',
             'WITH_BF_OPENMP', 'BF_OPENMP', 'BF_OPENMP_LIBPATH',
             'WITH_GHOST_COCOA',
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ def read_opts(env, cfg, args):
         (BoolVariable('BF_SPLIT_SRC', 'Split src lib into several chunks if true', False)),
         (BoolVariable('WITHOUT_BF_INSTALL', 'dont install if true', False)),
         (BoolVariable('WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL', 'dont install Python modules if true', False)),
+        (BoolVariable('WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY', 'install Python mumpy module', False)),
         (BoolVariable('WITHOUT_BF_PYTHON_UNPACK', 'dont remove and unpack Python modules everytime if true', False)),
         (BoolVariable('WITHOUT_BF_OVERWRITE_INSTALL', 'dont remove existing files before breating the new install directory (set to False when making packages for others)', False)),
         (BoolVariable('BF_FANCY', 'Enable fancy output if true', True)),