diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pyMBE/pyMBE-0.8.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pyMBE/pyMBE-0.8.0-foss-2023b.eb
index 17fbf252f9f..6e676c32455 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pyMBE/pyMBE-0.8.0-foss-2023b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/p/pyMBE/pyMBE-0.8.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
 ]
 
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ['pyMBE.py'],
     'dirs': ['figs', 'lib', 'maintainer', 'parameters', 'refs', 'samples', 'testsuite', 'tutorials', 'visualization'],