diff --git a/C/cif_api/build_tarballs.jl b/C/cif_api/build_tarballs.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3aa92d732c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/C/cif_api/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Note that this script can accept some limited command-line arguments, run
+# `julia build_tarballs.jl --help` to see a usage message.
+using BinaryBuilder, Pkg
+
+name = "cif_api"
+version = v"0.4.2"
+
+# Collection of sources required to complete build
+sources = [
+    ArchiveSource("https://github.com/COMCIFS/cif_api/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.2.tar.gz", "803fa1d0525bb51407754fa63b9439ba350178f45372103e84773ed4871b3924"),
+    DirectorySource("./bundled")
+]
+
+# Bash recipe for building across all platforms
+script = raw"""
+cd $WORKSPACE/srcdir/cif_api-*
+
+update_configure_scripts
+
+if [[ ${target} == *mingw* ]]; then
+    #remove win32 if branch to prevent file not found errors on make install?
+    atomic_patch -p1 ${WORKSPACE}/srcdir/patches/mingw-remove-install-hook.patch
+    autoreconf -vi
+fi
+
+#CPP flags needed to help *-musl-* builds configure scripts find sqlite3.h, unsure exactly why?
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${includedir}"
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --libdir=${libdir} \
+    --includedir=${includedir} \
+    --build=${MACHTYPE} \
+    --host=${target} \
+    --with-docs=no \
+
+make -j${nproc}
+make install
+"""
+
+# These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
+# platforms are passed in on the command line
+platforms = expand_cxxstring_abis(supported_platforms())
+
+
+# The products that we will ensure are always built
+products = [
+    LibraryProduct("libcif", :libcif)
+]
+
+# Dependencies that must be installed before this package can be built
+dependencies = [
+    Dependency("ICU_jll"; compat="69.1")
+    Dependency(PackageSpec(name="SQLite_jll", uuid="76ed43ae-9a5d-5a62-8c75-30186b810ce8"))
+]
+
+# Build the tarballs, and possibly a `build.jl` as well.
+build_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies;preferred_gcc_version=v"7", julia_compat="1.6")
diff --git a/C/cif_api/bundled/patches/mingw-remove-install-hook.patch b/C/cif_api/bundled/patches/mingw-remove-install-hook.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..760f8b59f6d
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+++ b/C/cif_api/bundled/patches/mingw-remove-install-hook.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 3f9794b..9ffde74 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -57,17 +57,10 @@ LIB_CURRENT = 2
+ LIB_REVISION = 0
+ LIB_AGE = 1
+ 
+-if win32
+-  LIB_VERSION_FLAGS = -avoid-version
+-  INSTALL_HOOKS = install_import_lib
+-  UNINSTALL_HOOKS = uninstall_import_lib
+-  CLEANFILES = libcif.def
+-else
+-  LIB_VERSION_FLAGS = -version-info $(LIB_CURRENT):$(LIB_REVISION):$(LIB_AGE)
+-  INSTALL_HOOKS = 
+-  UNINSTALL_HOOKS = 
+-  CLEANFILES =
+-endif
++LIB_VERSION_FLAGS = -version-info $(LIB_CURRENT):$(LIB_REVISION):$(LIB_AGE)
++INSTALL_HOOKS = 
++UNINSTALL_HOOKS = 
++CLEANFILES =
+ 
+ BUILT_SOURCES = internal/schema.h internal/version.h
+ EXTRA_DIST = notes.txt style.txt