diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
index 15c1957424..273d144b3e 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.SlackBuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=scipy
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.2}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+export FFLAGS="-fallow-argument-mismatch -fPIC"
+
 DEBUG=${DEBUG:-no}
 DEBUG=$(echo "$DEBUG"|cut -b 1|tr a-z A-Z)
 
diff --git a/academic/scipy/scipy.info b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
index 0dfd4507f6..d6f9f0522c 100644
--- a/academic/scipy/scipy.info
+++ b/academic/scipy/scipy.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="scipy"
-VERSION="1.1.0"
+VERSION="1.2.2"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.scipy.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v1.1.0/scipy-1.1.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="aa6bcc85276b6f25e17bcfc4dede8718"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/scipy/scipy/releases/download/v1.2.2/scipy-1.2.2.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d94de858fba4f24de7d6dd16f1caeb5d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="numpy lapack"