diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NLopt/NLopt-2.7.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/NLopt/NLopt-2.7.1-GCCcore-13.2.0.eb
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+easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
+
+name = 'NLopt'
+version = '2.7.1'
+
+homepage = 'http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt'
+description = """ NLopt is a free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization,
+ providing a common interface for a number of different free optimization routines
+ available online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms. """
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '13.2.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+checksums = ['db88232fa5cef0ff6e39943fc63ab6074208831dc0031cf1545f6ecd31ae2a1a']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.27.6'),
+    ('binutils', '2.40'),
+]
+
+configopts = [
+    '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON',
+    '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF'
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib/libnlopt.a', 'lib/libnlopt.%s' % SHLIB_EXT, 'include/nlopt.h'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/pkgconfig'],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'