diff --git a/recipes/minnow/build.sh b/recipes/minnow/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export CFLAGS="-I$PREFIX/include"
+#export LDFLAGS="-L$PREFIX/lib"
+
+export CPATH=${PREFIX}/include
+
+
+mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
+mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib
+
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make
+cp src/minnow $PREFIX/bin/ 
+cp src/fixfasta $PREFIX/bin/ 
+
+cp src/libfixfastalib.a $PREFIX/lib/
+cp src/libminnowlib.a $PREFIX/lib/
diff --git a/recipes/minnow/meta.yaml b/recipes/minnow/meta.yaml
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+{% set version="master" %}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/minnow
+  license: GPLv3
+  summary: A principled framework for rapid simulation of dscRNA-seq data at the read level
+
+package:
+  name: minnow
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/minnow/archive/{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  # work on develop until everything compiles cleanly
+  #url: https://github.com/COMBINE-lab/salmon/archive/develop.tar.gz
+  md5: 055ebfaa5ce660df327a28c15ca22f4f
+  #patches: salmon_cmake.patch
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - autoconf
+    - cmake
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+    - {{ compiler('c') }}
+  host:
+    - icu 
+    - zlib
+    - bzip2
+    - unzip
+  run:
+    - zlib
+    - bzip2
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - minnow --help
+