diff --git a/extern/mantaflow/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/mantaflow/CMakeLists.txt
index 712aeb238c9..9f66b42c6bf 100644
--- a/extern/mantaflow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/mantaflow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ add_definitions(-DWITH_FLUID=1)
 # Make sure that dependencies exist before enabling this option by updating the source files in extern/
 set(WITH_MANTA_DEPENDENCIES 0)
 
+# Enable Mantaflow numpy support
+set(WITH_MANTA_NUMPY 0)
+
 if(NOT WITH_MANTA_DEPENDENCIES)
   add_definitions(-DNO_CNPY=1)
 endif()
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ if(WIN32)
   add_definitions(-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES)
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_MANTA_NUMPY AND WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY)
+  add_definitions(-DNUMPY=1)
+endif()
+
 set(INC
   ${MANTA_PP}
   ${MANTA_PP}/fileio
@@ -79,14 +86,25 @@ set(INC
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin
   ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper
   ${MANTA_HLP}/util
-  ${MANTA_DEP}/cnpy
 )
 
+if(WITH_MANTA_DEPENDENCIES)
+  list(APPEND INC
+    ${MANTA_DEP}/cnpy
+  )
+endif()
+
 set(INC_SYS
   ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
+if(WITH_MANTA_NUMPY AND WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY)
+  list(APPEND INC_SYS
+    ${PYTHON_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  )
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_TBB)
   list(APPEND INC_SYS
     ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
@@ -168,14 +186,10 @@ set(SRC
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/initplugins.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/kepsilon.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/meshplugins.cpp
-# TODO (sebbas): add numpy to libraries
-#   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/numpyconvert.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/pressure.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/ptsplugins.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/secondaryparticles.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/surfaceturbulence.cpp
-# TODO (sebbas): add numpy to libraries
-#   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/tfplugins.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/vortexplugins.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/waveletturbulence.cpp
   ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/waves.cpp
@@ -200,9 +214,6 @@ set(SRC
   ${MANTA_PP}/vortexsheet.h.reg.cpp
 
   ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/manta.h
-# TODO (sebbas): add numpy to libraries
-#  ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/numpyWrap.cpp
-#  ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/numpyWrap.h
   ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/pclass.cpp
   ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/pclass.h
   ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/pconvert.cpp
@@ -235,6 +246,15 @@ if(WITH_MANTA_DEPENDENCIES)
   )
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_MANTA_NUMPY AND WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY)
+  list(APPEND SRC
+    ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/numpyconvert.cpp
+    ${MANTA_PP}/plugin/tfplugins.cpp
+    ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/numpyWrap.cpp
+    ${MANTA_HLP}/pwrapper/numpyWrap.h
+  )
+endif()
+
 set(LIB
   ${PYTHON_LINKFLAGS}
   ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/extern/mantaflow/UPDATE.sh b/extern/mantaflow/UPDATE.sh
index 62395fde7cd..aed4e2a9b71 100644
--- a/extern/mantaflow/UPDATE.sh
+++ b/extern/mantaflow/UPDATE.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ CLEAN_REPOSITORY=0
 # Skip copying dependency files?
 WITH_DEPENDENCIES=0
 
+# Build with numpy support?
+USE_NUMPY=0
+
 # Choose which multithreading platform to use for Mantaflow preprocessing
 USE_OMP=0
 USE_TBB=1
@@ -53,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 MANTA_BUILD_PATH=$MANTA_INSTALLATION/build_blender/
 mkdir -p $MANTA_BUILD_PATH
 cd $MANTA_BUILD_PATH
-cmake ../mantaflowgit -DGUI=0 -DOPENMP=$USE_OMP -DTBB=$USE_TBB -DBLENDER=1 -DPREPDEBUG=1 && make -j8
+cmake ../mantaflowgit -DGUI=0 -DOPENMP=$USE_OMP -DTBB=$USE_TBB -DBLENDER=1 -DPREPDEBUG=1 -DNUMPY=$USE_NUMPY && make -j8
 
 # ==================== 3) COPY MANTAFLOW FILES TO BLENDER ROOT ===========================