diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-qutip.yml b/.github/workflows/build-qutip.yml
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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The RISE Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+---
+# This workflow is based on the `build_wheels` job of
+# https://github.com/qutip/qutip/blob/v5.3.1/.github/workflows/build.yml
+# and the test step of
+# https://github.com/qutip/qutip/blob/v5.3.1/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+name: Build qutip wheels (riscv64)
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version glob to (re)build; empty builds every version of docs/packages/qutip.yaml not released yet'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/build-qutip.yml'
+      - 'docs/packages/qutip.yaml'
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/build-qutip.yml'
+      - 'docs/packages/qutip.yaml'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE: quay.io/pypa/manylinux_2_39_riscv64
+
+jobs:
+  setup:
+    uses: $/.github/workflows/_setup.yml
+    with:
+      package: qutip
+      version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+
+  build_wheels:
+    needs: [setup]
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.versions != '[]'
+    name: Build qutip ${{ matrix.version }} ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-riscv
+    timeout-minutes: 360
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        version: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.versions) }}
+        # Upstream's CIBW_BUILD `cp3{11,12,13,14}-*` ships no free-threaded wheel.
+        python: ["cp312", "cp313", "cp314"]
+    env:
+      QUTIP_VERSION: ${{ matrix.version }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout qutip ${{ env.QUTIP_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          repository: qutip/qutip
+          ref: v${{ env.QUTIP_VERSION }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@1828c10ab37f080699c7b81cea34097c684a7074  # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          output-dir: wheelhouse/
+          only: ${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
+        env:
+          CIBW_MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE: ${{ env.MANYLINUX_RISCV64_IMAGE }}
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: >-
+            PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL=https://pypi.riseproject.dev/simple/
+            PIP_ONLY_BINARY=numpy,scipy,matplotlib
+          CIBW_TEST_ENVIRONMENT: MPLBACKEND=Agg PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: >-
+            pytest pytest-rerunfailures pytest-timeout ipython loky!=3.5.0 tqdm mpmath
+            setuptools cython filelock matplotlib
+          # Coverage and --fail-slow dropped: the former feeds Coveralls, the latter's 300 s cap is tuned for x86 runners.
+          # cp313 hung silently at 54% twice; the thread-method timeout dumps every stack and exits (gotcha 565).
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: >-
+            python -c "import qutip; qutip.about()" &&
+            python -m pytest -Werror --strict-config --strict-markers
+            --timeout=900 --timeout-method=thread
+            --durations=0 --durations-min=1.0 --verbosity=1 --color=yes
+            "$(python -c 'import os, qutip; print(os.path.dirname(qutip.__file__))')/tests"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: qutip-${{ env.QUTIP_VERSION }}-${{ matrix.python }}-manylinux_riscv64
+          path: wheelhouse/*.whl
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish qutip ${{ matrix.version }}
+    needs: [setup, build_wheels]
+    if: needs.setup.outputs.versions != '[]'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        version: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.versions) }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    uses: $/.github/workflows/_publish-wheel.yml
+    secrets:
+      app-private-key: ${{ secrets.RISEPROJECT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+    with:
+      artifact-pattern: qutip-${{ matrix.version }}-*-manylinux_riscv64
diff --git a/docs/packages/qutip.yaml b/docs/packages/qutip.yaml
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+package-name: qutip
+source-code: https://github.com/qutip/qutip
+license: BSD-3-Clause
+versions:
+- version: 5.3.1