diff --git a/standalone/hooks/hook-matplotlib_inline.py b/standalone/hooks/hook-matplotlib_inline.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..432d0d302b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/standalone/hooks/hook-matplotlib_inline.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files, copy_metadata
+
+datas = collect_data_files('matplotlib_inline')
+# since matplotlib 3.9 entry_points.txt is needed
+datas += copy_metadata('matplotlib_inline')
diff --git a/standalone/jdaviz-cli-entrypoint.py b/standalone/jdaviz-cli-entrypoint.py
index 5555322194..05c29281ad 100644
--- a/standalone/jdaviz-cli-entrypoint.py
+++ b/standalone/jdaviz-cli-entrypoint.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 # output recommends the following:
 import matplotlib
 matplotlib.use("module://matplotlib_inline.backend_inline")
+# since matplotlib 3.9 (see https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/27948),
+# it seems that matplotlib_inline.backend_inline is an alias for inline
+# so we make sure to communicate that to PyInstaller
+matplotlib.use("inline")
 
 import jdaviz.cli