diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2019.03-intel-2019a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2019.03-intel-2019a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4eeb11b53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/SciPy-bundle-2019.03-intel-2019a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'SciPy-bundle'
+version = '2019.03'
+
+homepage = 'http://python.org/'
+description = "Bundle of Python packages for scientific software"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2019a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+multi_deps = {'Python': ['3.7.2', '2.7.15']}
+
+use_pip = True
+
+# required because we're building Python packages using Intel compilers on top of Python built with GCC
+check_ldshared = True
+
+# order is important!
+# package versions updated Mar 15th 2019
+exts_list = [
+    ('numpy', '1.16.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/numpy/'],
+        'source_tmpl': '%(name)s-%(version)s.zip',
+        'patches': [
+            'numpy-1.12.0-mkl.patch',
+            'numpy-1.16.1_fix-ifort-V-stderr.patch',
+        ],
+        'checksums': [
+            '6c692e3879dde0b67a9dc78f9bfb6f61c666b4562fd8619632d7043fb5b691b0',  # numpy-1.16.2.zip
+            'f212296ed289eb1b4e3f703997499dee8a2cdd0af78b55e017477487b6377ca4',  # numpy-1.12.0-mkl.patch
+            'fc7f0c4b910bf3706d43661b94696f07b6e317bfeac062c2c78b3926fde713a7',  # numpy-1.16.1_fix-ifort-V-stderr.patch
+        ],
+    }),
+    ('scipy', '1.2.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/scipy/'],
+        'checksums': ['e085d1babcb419bbe58e2e805ac61924dac4ca45a07c9fa081144739e500aa3c'],
+    }),
+    ('mpi4py', '3.0.1', {
+        'source_urls': ['http://bitbucket.org/mpi4py/mpi4py/downloads/'],
+        'checksums': ['6549a5b81931303baf6600fa2e3bc04d8bd1d5c82f3c21379d0d64a9abcca851'],
+    }),
+    ('pandas', '0.24.2', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pandas/'],
+        'checksums': ['4f919f409c433577a501e023943e582c57355d50a724c589e78bc1d551a535a2'],
+    }),
+    ('mpmath', '1.1.0', {
+        'source_urls': ['https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/mpmath/'],
+        'checksums': ['fc17abe05fbab3382b61a123c398508183406fa132e0223874578e20946499f6'],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.12.0-mkl.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.12.0-mkl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d09924f966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.12.0-mkl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+fix issues in numpy distutils pkg w.r.t. detecting BLAS/LAPACK libraries
+by Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
+diff -ru numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py
+--- numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py	2017-01-15 11:39:18.000000000 +0100
++++ numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py	2017-03-06 17:19:07.262810683 +0100
+@@ -628,7 +628,10 @@
+         return options
+ 
+     def library_option(self, lib):
+-        return "-l" + lib
++        if lib[0]=='-':
++            return lib
++        else:
++            return "-l" + lib
+     def library_dir_option(self, dir):
+         return "-L" + dir
+ 
+diff -ru numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/system_info.py numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
+--- numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/system_info.py	2017-01-15 11:39:18.000000000 +0100
++++ numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/system_info.py	2017-03-06 17:25:38.778143748 +0100
+@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
+             if is_string(default):
+                 return [default]
+             return default
+-        return [b for b in [a.strip() for a in libs.split(',')] if b]
++        return [b for b in [a.strip().replace(':',',') for a in libs.split(',')] if b]
+ 
+     def get_libraries(self, key='libraries'):
+         if hasattr(self, '_lib_names'):
+@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@
+         # make sure we preserve the order of libs, as it can be important
+         found_dirs, found_libs = [], []
+         for lib in libs:
++            if lib[0] == '-':
++                found_libs.append(lib)
++                continue
+             for lib_dir in lib_dirs:
+                 found_lib = self._find_lib(lib_dir, lib, exts)
+                 if found_lib:
+diff -ru numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+--- numpy-1.12.0.orig/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2016-12-21 16:46:24.000000000 +0100
++++ numpy-1.12.0/numpy/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2017-03-06 17:19:07.262810683 +0100
+@@ -123,3 +123,12 @@
+ 
+ replace_method(UnixCCompiler, 'create_static_lib',
+                UnixCCompiler_create_static_lib)
++
++def UnixCCompiler_library_option(self, lib):
++    if lib[0]=='-':
++        return lib
++    else:
++        return "-l" + lib
++
++replace_method(UnixCCompiler, 'library_option',
++               UnixCCompiler_library_option)
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.16.1_fix-ifort-V-stderr.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.16.1_fix-ifort-V-stderr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b781c2577b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/SciPy-bundle/numpy-1.16.1_fix-ifort-V-stderr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+catch stderr output of 'ifort -V'
+see https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/10569 and https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/12831
+diff --git a/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py b/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py
+index 100d0d06995..552b9566f77 100644
+--- a/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py
++++ b/numpy/distutils/ccompiler.py
+@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ def matcher(version_string):
+             return version
+ 
+     try:
+-        output = subprocess.check_output(version_cmd)
++        output = subprocess.check_output(version_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+         output = exc.output
+         status = exc.returncode