diff --git a/recipes/climlab/build.sh b/recipes/climlab/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#  Based on conda-forge recipe for scipy
+export LIBRARY_PATH="${PREFIX}/lib"
+export C_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include"
+export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${PREFIX}/include"
+
+# Depending on our platform, shared libraries end with either .so or .dylib
+if [[ `uname` == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    # Also, included a workaround so that `-stdlib=c++` doesn't go to
+    # `gfortran` and cause problems.
+    #
+    # https://github.com/conda-forge/toolchain-feedstock/pull/8
+    export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++"
+    export LDFLAGS="-headerpad_max_install_names -undefined dynamic_lookup -bundle -Wl,-search_paths_first -lc++"
+else
+    unset LDFLAGS
+fi
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
diff --git a/recipes/climlab/meta.yaml b/recipes/climlab/meta.yaml
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+{% set name = "climlab" %}
+{% set version = "0.5.5" %}
+{% set sha256 = "c2b55061f1600829d117286299051880571d56541e9efb0a9db4f7686d75c511" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  fn: {{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: {{ sha256 }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  skip: true  # [win or not py2k]
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - toolchain
+    - gcc  # [osx]
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+    - libgfortran  # [linux]
+    - numpy x.x
+
+  run:
+    - python 2.7*
+    - numpy x.x
+    - scipy
+    - netcdf4
+    - pytest
+    - libgfortran
+
+test:
+  requires:
+    - pytest
+  imports:
+    - climlab
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v --pyargs climlab.tests.test_rrtm
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/brian-rose/climlab
+  license: MIT
+  license_family: MIT
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  summary: Python package for process-oriented climate modeling
+  doc_url: http://climlab.readthedocs.io/
+  dev_url: https://github.com/brian-rose/climlab
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - brian-rose
diff --git a/recipes/climlab/yum_requirements.txt b/recipes/climlab/yum_requirements.txt
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+++ b/recipes/climlab/yum_requirements.txt
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+devtoolset-2-gcc-gfortran