diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-Fall-back-to-the-pure-Python-kernels-if-numba-fails-.patch b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-Fall-back-to-the-pure-Python-kernels-if-numba-fails-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e20534799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine/0001-Fall-back-to-the-pure-Python-kernels-if-numba-fails-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 5f199ca92d651d653cb26b4fb6c48ba91137bec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Roos <thomas@roosesweb.de>
+Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 11:45:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fall back to the pure Python kernels if numba fails to import
+
+numba is an optional accelerator, but importing it can fail with an
+ImportError other than ModuleNotFoundError, for instance when the
+installed NumPy is newer than numba supports:
+
+  ImportError: Numba needs NumPy 2.4 or less. Got NumPy 2.5.
+
+That error escaped and made "import haversine" fail. Catch ImportError,
+which also covers ModuleNotFoundError, so haversine keeps working
+without numba.
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://github.com/mapado/haversine/pull/91]
+AI-Generated: Claude Code, Claude Opus 5.5
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Roos <thomas@roosesweb.de>
+---
+ haversine/haversine.py | 4 +++-
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/haversine/haversine.py b/haversine/haversine.py
+index a731188..687b602 100755
+--- a/haversine/haversine.py
++++ b/haversine/haversine.py
+@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ try:
+         _inverse_haversine_kernel_vector = numba.njit(fastmath=True)(_inverse_haversine_kernel_vector)
+     _haversine_kernel = numba.njit(_haversine_kernel)
+     _inverse_haversine_kernel = numba.njit(_inverse_haversine_kernel)
+-except ModuleNotFoundError:
++except ImportError:
++    # numba is optional. Besides being absent, it can refuse to import, e.g.
++    # "Numba needs NumPy 2.4 or less", which must not break haversine.
+     pass
+ 
+ 
+-- 
+2.56.0
+
diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.9.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.9.0.bb
index 2dfb3356a7..439ff98371 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-haversine_2.9.0.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SUMMARY = "Calculate the distance between 2 points on Earth"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=20a52d2c688975e989fcbee3e6c8d1a1"
 
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-Fall-back-to-the-pure-Python-kernels-if-numba-fails-.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1103d7e1f0f108c25b31b63452c54d9d6f29389a70de7dd75fd4b908329b6fcf"
 
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