diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2023b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2023b.eb
index 81daffd4c003..4cd938ca2092 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2023b.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2023b.eb
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ exts_list = [
         'checksums': ['ae2b5b5c3ef67354824fb75517c8db5fbe93bc02cd9671f3c62271626bc041d5'],
     }),
     (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['5df6158e5584eece5fc83294b949fd30b9f1125df7708862205217e068aabf16'],
+        'patches': ['numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch'],
+        'checksums': [
+            {'numba-0.60.0.tar.gz': '5df6158e5584eece5fc83294b949fd30b9f1125df7708862205217e068aabf16'},
+            {'numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch':
+             '0d8ffa14f33d0c777f0a5a81655fd0d92276289d2810ad8b28726d3588d7f9bf'},
+        ],
     }),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2024a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2024a.eb
index f8b3d36c481e..f138e3f9ac5e 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2024a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0-foss-2024a.eb
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ exts_list = [
         'checksums': ['ae2b5b5c3ef67354824fb75517c8db5fbe93bc02cd9671f3c62271626bc041d5'],
     }),
     (name, version, {
-        'checksums': ['5df6158e5584eece5fc83294b949fd30b9f1125df7708862205217e068aabf16'],
+        'patches': ['numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch'],
+        'checksums': [
+            {'numba-0.60.0.tar.gz': '5df6158e5584eece5fc83294b949fd30b9f1125df7708862205217e068aabf16'},
+            {'numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch':
+             '0d8ffa14f33d0c777f0a5a81655fd0d92276289d2810ad8b28726d3588d7f9bf'},
+        ],
     }),
 ]
 
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f94c428c3d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/n/numba/numba-0.60.0_fix-parfor-with-buildmap.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From e3b6bdf4f8ddb3aa66b7c70aabf601d3caa1fa39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Siu Kwan Lam <1929845+sklam@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 14:56:58 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #9678. parfor issue with build_map
+
+---
+ numba/parfors/parfor_lowering.py | 17 ++++++++++++-----
+ numba/tests/test_parfors.py      | 17 +++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/numba/parfors/parfor_lowering.py b/numba/parfors/parfor_lowering.py
+index 7a67311f4cb..bbca774cebe 100644
+--- a/numba/parfors/parfor_lowering.py
++++ b/numba/parfors/parfor_lowering.py
+@@ -930,15 +930,22 @@ def find_setitems_block(setitems, itemsset, block, typemap):
+             # used in a call then consider it unanalyzable and so
+             # unavailable for hoisting.
+             rhs = inst.value
++            def add_to_itemset(item):
++                assert isinstance(item, ir.Var), rhs
++                if getattr(typemap[item.name], "mutable", False):
++                    itemsset.add(item.name)
++
+             if isinstance(rhs, ir.Expr):
+-                if rhs.op in ["build_tuple", "build_list", "build_set", "build_map"]:
++                if rhs.op in ["build_tuple", "build_list", "build_set"]:
+                     for item in rhs.items:
+-                        if getattr(typemap[item.name], "mutable", False):
+-                            itemsset.add(item.name)
++                        add_to_itemset(item)
++                elif rhs.op == "build_map":
++                    for pair in rhs.items:
++                        for item in pair:
++                            add_to_itemset(item)
+                 elif rhs.op == "call":
+                     for item in list(rhs.args) + [x[1] for x in rhs.kws]:
+-                        if getattr(typemap[item.name], "mutable", False):
+-                            itemsset.add(item.name)
++                        add_to_itemset(item)
+ 
+ def find_setitems_body(setitems, itemsset, loop_body, typemap):
+     """
+diff --git a/numba/tests/test_parfors.py b/numba/tests/test_parfors.py
+index 556086438df..e333b05a587 100644
+--- a/numba/tests/test_parfors.py
++++ b/numba/tests/test_parfors.py
+@@ -3327,6 +3327,23 @@ def foo():
+ 
+         self.assertEqual(foo(), foo.py_func())
+ 
++    def test_issue_9678_build_map(self):
++        def issue_9678(num_nodes):
++            out = 0
++            for inode_uint in numba.prange(num_nodes):
++                inode = numba.int64(inode_uint)
++                p = {inode: 0.0}   # mainly this build_map bytecode here
++                for _ in range(5):
++                    p[inode] += 1  # and here
++                out += p[inode]
++            return out
++
++        num_nodes = 12
++        issue_9678_serial = numba.jit(parallel=False)(issue_9678)
++        issue_9678_parallel = numba.jit(parallel=True)(issue_9678)
++        self.assertEqual(issue_9678_serial(num_nodes),
++                         issue_9678_parallel(num_nodes))
++
+ 
+ @skip_parfors_unsupported
+ class TestParforsDiagnostics(TestParforsBase):