diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3ffb7be647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonPackage'
+
+name = 'dlib'
+version = '19.24.6'
+versionsuffix = '-CUDA-%(cudaver)s'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/davisking/dlib'
+description = """Dlib is a modern C++ toolkit containing machine learning
+algorithms and tools for creating complex software in C++ to solve real world
+problems. It is used in both industry and academia in a wide range of domains
+including robotics, embedded devices, mobile phones, and large high performance
+computing environments."""
+
+# dlib can use BLAS/LAPACK, so using full toolchain
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCE_TAR_GZ]
+patches = ['dlib-19.24.6_FlexiBLAS.patch']
+checksums = [
+    {'dlib-19.24.6.tar.gz': '77e3c28ac2c66141514b07cbb74b7c7f80381c019ce5fec99007980bc6490d7d'},
+    {'dlib-19.24.6_FlexiBLAS.patch': '47fb348d5f1cd064a135d33cf49fdef56ade24a64218311743076cb6b313738b'},
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('CMake', '3.26.3'),
+    ('pkgconf', '1.9.5'),
+]
+dependencies = [
+    ('CUDA', '12.1.1', '', SYSTEM),
+    ('cuDNN', '8.9.2.26', versionsuffix, SYSTEM),
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('libjxl', '0.8.2'),
+    ('X11', '20230603'),
+]
+
+download_dep_fail = True
+use_pip = True
+
+preinstallopts = "export CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=%(parallel)s && "
+preinstallopts += "sed -i 's/BLAS_REFERENCE cblas/BLAS_REFERENCE flexiblas/g' dlib/cmake_utils/find_blas.cmake && "
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': [],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
+}
+
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6_FlexiBLAS.patch b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6_FlexiBLAS.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb12f35adbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/d/dlib/dlib-19.24.6_FlexiBLAS.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use FlexiBLAS as BLAS/LAPACK library
+author: Kenneth Hoste (HPC-UGent)
+diff -ru dlib-19.24.6.orig/dlib/cmake_utils/find_blas.cmake dlib-19.24.6/dlib/cmake_utils/find_blas.cmake
+--- dlib-19.24.6.orig/dlib/cmake_utils/find_blas.cmake	2024-02-18 14:43:31.000000000 +0100
++++ dlib-19.24.6/dlib/cmake_utils/find_blas.cmake	2024-09-20 20:35:35.927348475 +0200
+@@ -66,17 +66,15 @@
+    
+    # First, search for libraries via pkg-config, which is the cleanest path
+    find_package(PkgConfig)
+-   pkg_check_modules(BLAS_REFERENCE cblas)
+-   pkg_check_modules(LAPACK_REFERENCE lapack)
++   pkg_check_modules(BLAS_REFERENCE flexiblas)
+    # Make sure the cblas found by pkgconfig actually has cblas symbols.
+    SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "${BLAS_REFERENCE_LDFLAGS}")   
+    CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(cblas_ddot PKGCFG_HAVE_CBLAS)
+    if (BLAS_REFERENCE_FOUND AND LAPACK_REFERENCE_FOUND AND PKGCFG_HAVE_CBLAS)
+       set(blas_libraries "${BLAS_REFERENCE_LDFLAGS}")
+-      set(lapack_libraries "${LAPACK_REFERENCE_LDFLAGS}")
+       set(blas_found 1)
+       set(lapack_found 1)
+-      set(REQUIRES_LIBS "${REQUIRES_LIBS} cblas lapack")
++      set(REQUIRES_LIBS "${REQUIRES_LIBS} flexiblas")
+       message(STATUS "Found BLAS and LAPACK via pkg-config")
+       return()
+    endif()
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/face-recognition/face-recognition-1.3.0-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/face-recognition/face-recognition-1.3.0-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d06d8172e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/face-recognition/face-recognition-1.3.0-foss-2023a-CUDA-12.1.1.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'face-recognition'
+version = '1.3.0'
+versionsuffix = '-CUDA-12.1.1'
+
+homepage = 'https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition'
+description = """Recognize and manipulate faces from Python or from the command line with
+ the world’s simplest face recognition library."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2023a'}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.11.3'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2023.07'),
+    ('Pillow', '10.0.0'),
+    ('dlib', '19.24.6', versionsuffix),
+]
+
+use_pip = True
+
+exts_list = [
+    ('face-recognition-models', '0.3.0', {
+        'sources': ['face_recognition_models-%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': ['b79bd200a88c87c9a9d446c990ae71c5a626d1f3730174e6d570157ff1d896cf'],
+    }),
+    (name, version, {
+        'sources': ['face_recognition-%(version)s.tar.gz'],
+        'checksums': ['5e5efdd1686aa566af0d3cc1313b131e4b197657a8ffd03669e6d3fad92705ec'],
+    }),
+]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/face_detection', 'bin/face_recognition'],
+    'dirs': ['lib/python%(pyshortver)s/site-packages'],
+}
+
+sanity_check_commands = [
+    "face_detection --help",
+    "face_recognition --help",
+]
+
+sanity_pip_check = True
+
+moduleclass = 'ai'