diff --git a/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py b/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
index 524446d4b2e..ebe24bf0644 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BF_PYTHON_LIB = 'python${BF_PYTHON_VERSION[0]}${BF_PYTHON_VERSION[2]}'
 BF_PYTHON_DLL = '${BF_PYTHON_LIB}'
 BF_PYTHON_LIBPATH = '${BF_PYTHON}/lib'
 
-WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY = False
+WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY = True
 
 WITH_BF_OPENAL = True
 BF_OPENAL = LIBDIR + '/openal'
diff --git a/build_files/scons/config/win64-vc-config.py b/build_files/scons/config/win64-vc-config.py
index a45c0b1d3b6..d94de3b54e4 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/config/win64-vc-config.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/config/win64-vc-config.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BF_PYTHON_LIB = 'python${BF_PYTHON_VERSION[0]}${BF_PYTHON_VERSION[2]}'
 BF_PYTHON_DLL = '${BF_PYTHON_LIB}'
 BF_PYTHON_LIBPATH = '${BF_PYTHON}/lib'
 
-WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY = False
+WITH_BF_PYTHON_INSTALL_NUMPY = True
 
 WITH_BF_OPENAL = True
 BF_OPENAL = LIBDIR + '/openal'