diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympy/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sympy/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa0f1f54311
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+++ b/build/pkgs/sympy/spkg-configure.m4
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+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sympy], [SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([sympy])])