diff --git a/l/Lua/Lua-5.3.4.eb b/l/Lua/Lua-5.3.4.eb
index ec93272d..222fac51 100644
--- a/l/Lua/Lua-5.3.4.eb
+++ b/l/Lua/Lua-5.3.4.eb
@@ -13,16 +13,18 @@ description = """Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting lang
 
 toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': ''}
 
-sources = ['lua-%s.tar.gz' % version.replace('-', '.')]
 source_urls = ['https://www.lua.org/ftp/']
+sources = ['lua-%s.tar.gz' % version.replace('-', '.')]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('ncurses', '6.0'),
     ('libreadline', '6.3')
 ]
 
-# Use static linking for ncurses so it's not a runtime dep
-#configopts = "--with-static=yes"
+skipsteps = ['configure' ]
+
+buildopts = "linux"
+installopts = "INSTALL_TOP=%(installdir)s"
 
 sanity_check_paths = {
     'files': ["bin/lua"],
diff --git a/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-foss-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb b/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb
similarity index 94%
rename from s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-foss-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb
rename to s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb
index 267282ee..90ba2524 100644
--- a/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-foss-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb
+++ b/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2016a-Python-2.7.11.eb
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ description = """ScientificPython is a collection of Python modules for scientif
  It contains support for geometry, mathematical functions, statistics, physical units, IO, visualization,
  and parallelization."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2016a'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2016a'}
 
-source_urls = ['https://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/download.php/file/4570']		
+source_urls = ['https://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/download.php/file/4570']
 sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
 
 dependencies = [
diff --git a/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb b/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98bcaf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s/ScientificPython/ScientificPython-2.9.4-intel-2017a-Python-2.7.13.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'ScientificPython'
+version = '2.9.4'
+versionsuffix = '-Python-%(pyver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://sourcesup.cru.fr/projects/scientific-py/'
+description = """ScientificPython is a collection of Python modules for scientific computing.
+ It contains support for geometry, mathematical functions, statistics, physical units, IO, visualization,
+ and parallelization."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017a'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://sourcesup.cru.fr/frs/download.php/file/4570']		
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '2.7.13', '', True),
+    ('netCDF-Fortran', '4.4.4'),
+    # older version of numpy than the one included in Python module required
+    # cfr. https://bitbucket.org/khinsen/scientificpython/issue/13/numpy-19-has-dropped-support-for
+    #('numpy', '1.12.1', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+options = {'modulename': 'Scientific'}
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/Scientific'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'math'