diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/conda.txt b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/conda.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2ae7a8a59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/conda.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sympow
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/debian.txt b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/debian.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2ae7a8a59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/debian.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sympow
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/fedora.txt b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/fedora.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2ae7a8a59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/fedora.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sympow
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/gentoo.txt b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/gentoo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..082eebb6daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympow/distros/gentoo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sci-mathematics/sympow
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sympow/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sympow/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36a35fda866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sympow/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sympow], [
+   AC_PATH_PROG([SYMPOW], [sympow])
+   AS_IF([test -z "$ac_cv_path_SYMPOW"], [sage_spkg_install_sympow=yes])
+])