diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-enable-distribution.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-enable-distribution.patch
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index 000000000000..6ddc4981dfd2
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-enable-distribution.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Author: Ehsan Moravveji (VSC, KU Leuven)
+# Purpose: enable creating a distribution from the source tree
+
+diff -ruN basix-0.9.0-orig/pyproject.toml basix-0.9.0/pyproject.toml
+--- basix-0.9.0-orig/pyproject.toml	2025-03-17 14:51:21.048719000 +0100
++++ basix-0.9.0/pyproject.toml	2025-03-17 14:51:48.602907000 +0100
+@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
+ test = ["pytest", "sympy", "scipy", "matplotlib", "fenics-basix[optional]"]
+ ci = ["mypy", "pytest-xdist", "fenics-basix[docs,lint,test,optional]"]
+ 
++[tool.pdm]
++distribution = true
++
+ [tool.pytest.ini_options]
+ testpaths = ["test"]
+ 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-gfbf-2024a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-gfbf-2024a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e904b1990ca8
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Basix/Basix-0.9.0-gfbf-2024a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Author: Ehsan Moravveji (VSC, KU Leuven)
+
+easyblock = 'EB_Basix'
+
+name = 'Basix'
+version = '0.9.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/FEniCS/basix'
+description = """Basix is a finite element definition and tabulation runtime library.
+Basix includes a range of built-in elements, and also allows the user to define their own custom elements.
+Basix is one of the components of FEniCSx, alongside UFL, FFCx, and DOLFINx."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'gfbf', 'version': '2024a'}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/FEniCS/basix/archive/refs/tags/']
+sources = ['v%(version)s.tar.gz']
+patches = ['Basix-0.9.0-enable-distribution.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'v0.9.0.tar.gz': '60e96b2393084729b261cb10370f0e44d12735ab3dbd1f15890dec23b9e85329'},
+    {'Basix-0.9.0-enable-distribution.patch': '902f672000ef1fa844208450568bc34d5c5f40ef3b8ae9ed3781c15579ff8f51'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.29.3'),
+    ('PDM', '2.18.2'),
+    ('Ninja', '1.12.1'),
+    ('scikit-build-core', '0.10.6'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.12.3'),
+    ('Python-bundle-PyPI', '2024.06'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2024.05'),
+    ('nanobind', '2.5.0'),
+]
+
+exts_defaultclass = 'PythonPackage'
+exts_list = [('fenics-basix', version, {
+    'modulename': 'basix',
+    'nosource': True,
+    'start_dir': 'python'
+})]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['lib64/libbasix.so', 'lib64/cmake/basix/BasixConfig.cmake'],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'include/basix', 'lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages/basix',]
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'