diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index 808fe3084f..e694a5b187 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -4764,6 +4764,7 @@ (define-public dune-istl
        ("openmpi" ,openmpi)
        ;; Optional
        ("metis" ,metis)
+       ("suitesparse" ,suitesparse)
        ("superlu" ,superlu)
        ("openblas" ,openblas)
        ("gmp" ,gmp)