diff --git a/conda/artiq/bld.bat b/conda/artiq/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e104111df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/artiq/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"%PYTHON%" setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
diff --git a/conda/artiq/build.sh b/conda/artiq/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3786386a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/artiq/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed --record=record.txt
diff --git a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e904bdb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package:
+    name: artiq
+    version: "0.0"
+
+source:
+    git_url: https://github.com/m-labs/artiq
+    git_tag: master
+
+build:
+    number: 4
+    string: dev
+    entry_points:
+        - artiq_client = artiq.frontend.artiq_client:main
+        - artiq_ctlid = artiq.frontend.artiq_ctlid:main
+        - artiq_gui = artiq.frontend.artiq_gui:main
+        - artiq_master = artiq.frontend.artiq_master:main
+        - artiq_run = artiq.frontend.artiq_run:main
+        - lda_client = artiq.frontend.lda_client:main
+        - lda_controller = artiq.frontend.lda_controller:main
+        - pdq2_client = artiq.frontend.pdq2_client:main
+        - pdq2_controller = artiq.frontend.pdq2_controller:main
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - setuptools
+        - numpy
+    run:
+        - python
+        - llvmlite-or1k
+        - scipy
+        - numpy
+        - prettytable
+        - pyserial
+        - sphinx
+        - gbulb-artiq # [not win]
+        - cairoplot3-artiq # [not win]
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - artiq
+
+
+about:
+    home: http://m-labs.hk/artiq
+    license: 3-clause BSD
+    summary: 'ARTIQ (Advanced Real-Time Infrastructure for Quantum physics) is a next-generation control system for quantum information experiments. It is being developed in partnership with the Ion Storage Group at NIST, and its applicability reaches beyond ion trapping.'
diff --git a/conda/cairo/build.sh b/conda/cairo/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f390466ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/cairo/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export CFLAGS="-I$PREFIX/include -L$PREFIX/lib"
+./configure \
+--prefix=$PREFIX \
+--disable-static \
+--enable-warnings \
+--enable-ft \
+--enable-ps \
+--enable-pdf \
+--enable-svg \
+--disable-gtk-doc
+make
+make install
+rm -rf $PREFIX/share
+# vim:set ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 tw=78 et:
diff --git a/conda/cairo/meta.yaml b/conda/cairo/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..001dd9c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/cairo/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# This conda recipe is based on this one: https://github.com/tpn/trent-conda-recipes/tree/master/cairo
+
+package:
+    name: cairo
+    version: 1.14.0
+source:
+    fn: cairo-1.14.0.tar.xz
+    url: http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.14.0.tar.xz
+build:
+    number: 0
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - freetype
+        - libpng
+        - pixman >=0.30
+        - zlib
+    run:
+        - freetype
+        - libpng
+        - pixman >=0.30
+        - zlib
+about:
+    home: http://cairographics.org/
+    license: LGPL 2.1 and MPL 1.1
+# vim:set ts=8 sw=2 sts=2 tw=78 et:
diff --git a/conda/cairoplot3-artiq/meta.yaml b/conda/cairoplot3-artiq/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00a171fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/cairoplot3-artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package:
+    name: cairoplot3-artiq
+    version: "3.1.2"
+
+source:
+    git_url: https://github.com/m-labs/cairoplot3
+    git_tag: master
+
+build:
+    number: 0
+    script: $PYTHON setup.py install
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - setuptools
+    run:
+        - python
+        - pycairo
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - cairoplot
+        - series
+
+about:
+    home: https://github.com/m-labs/cairoplot3
+    license: LGPL
+    summary: 'Module to easily plot beautiful graphics using PyCairo'
diff --git a/conda/gbulb-artiq/meta.yaml b/conda/gbulb-artiq/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20baf2e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/gbulb-artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package:
+    name: gbulb-artiq
+    version: "0.1"
+
+source:
+    git_url: https://github.com/m-labs/gbulb
+    git_tag: master
+
+build:
+    number: 0
+    script: $PYTHON setup.py install
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - setuptools
+    run:
+        - python
+        - pygobject
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - gbulb
+
+about:
+    home: https://github.com/m-labs/gbulb
+    license: Apache 2.0
+    summary: 'GLib event loop for tulip (PEP 3156)'
diff --git a/conda/llvmdev-or1k/bld.bat b/conda/llvmdev-or1k/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef75e9db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/llvmdev-or1k/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+mkdir build
+cd build
+set BUILD_CONFIG=Release
+REM Configure step
+if "%ARCH%"=="32" (
+set CMAKE_GENERATOR=Visual Studio 12 2013
+) else (
+set CMAKE_GENERATOR=Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64
+)
+set CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET=v120_xp
+@rem Reduce build times and package size by removing unused stuff
+set CMAKE_CUSTOM=-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=OR1K -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF ^
+-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=OFF ^
+-DLLVM_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=OFF
+cmake -G "%CMAKE_GENERATOR%" -T "%CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET%" ^
+-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="%BUILD_CONFIG%" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% ^
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% %CMAKE_CUSTOM% %SRC_DIR%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+REM Build step
+cmake --build . --config "%BUILD_CONFIG%"
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+REM Install step
+cmake --build . --config "%BUILD_CONFIG%" --target install
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/conda/llvmdev-or1k/meta.yaml b/conda/llvmdev-or1k/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87586bc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/llvmdev-or1k/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package:
+  name: llvmdev-or1k
+  version: "3.4"
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/openrisc/llvm-or1k
+  git_tag: master
+
+build:
+  number: 2
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - system [linux and not armv6]
+  run:
+    - system [linux and not armv6]
+
+#test:
+#commands:
+#- clang --help [linux and not armv6]
+
+about:
+  home: http://llvm.org/
+  license: Open Source (http://llvm.org/releases/3.4/LICENSE.TXT)
+  summary: Development headers and libraries for LLVM
diff --git a/conda/llvmlite-or1k/bld.bat b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e67a1e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+@rem Let CMake know about the LLVM install path, for find_package()
+set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%
+
+@rem Ensure there are no build leftovers (CMake can complain)
+if exist ffi\build rmdir /S /Q ffi\build
+
+@rem Apply patches
+patch -p1 <  %RECIPE_DIR%/../../patches/llvmlite/0001-add-all-targets.patch
+
+%PYTHON% -S setup.py install
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/conda/llvmlite-or1k/build.sh b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..067b7ce71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+patch -p1 < ${RECIPE_DIR}/../../patches/llvmlite/0001-add-all-targets.patch
+PATH=/usr/local/llvm-or1k/bin:$PATH $PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/llvmlite-or1k/meta.yaml b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dbd8ab83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/llvmlite-or1k/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package:
+    name: llvmlite-or1k
+    version: "0.2.1"
+
+source:
+    git_url: https://github.com/numba/llvmlite
+    git_tag: 11a8303d02e3d6dd2d1e0e9065701795cd8a979f
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - llvmdev-or1k
+        - setuptools
+    run:
+        - python
+
+build:
+    number: 0
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - llvmlite
+        - llvmlite.llvmpy
+
+about:
+    home: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/llvmlite/
+    license: BSD
diff --git a/conda/pixman/build.sh b/conda/pixman/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06a641d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pixman/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
+make -j
+make install
diff --git a/conda/pixman/meta.yaml b/conda/pixman/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df1ccd8f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pixman/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# This conda recipe comes from https://github.com/sandialabs/pixman-conda-recipe
+
+package:
+  name: pixman
+  version: "0.32.6"
+
+source:
+  fn: pixman-0.32.6.tar.gz
+  url: http://cairographics.org/releases/pixman-0.32.6.tar.gz
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+about:
+  home: http://cairographics.org
+  license: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 or the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 1.1 at your option.
diff --git a/conda/prettytable/bld.bat b/conda/prettytable/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b1481d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/prettytable/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"%PYTHON%" setup.py install
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+:: Add more build steps here, if they are necessary.
+
+:: See
+:: http://docs.continuum.io/conda/build.html
+:: for a list of environment variables that are set during the build process.
diff --git a/conda/prettytable/build.sh b/conda/prettytable/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e25a1455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/prettytable/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/prettytable/meta.yaml b/conda/prettytable/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca359db92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/prettytable/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package:
+  name: prettytable
+  version: !!str 0.7.2
+
+source:
+  fn: prettytable-0.7.2.tar.bz2
+  url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PrettyTable/prettytable-0.7.2.tar.bz2
+  md5: 760dc900590ac3c46736167e09fa463a
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python
+    - setuptools
+
+  run:
+    - python
+
+test:
+  imports:
+    - prettytable
+
+
+about:
+  home: http://code.google.com/p/prettytable/
+  license:  BSD License
+  summary: 'A simple Python library for easily displaying tabular data in a visually appealing ASCII table format.'
diff --git a/conda/pycairo/bld.bat b/conda/pycairo/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39b5e1fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pycairo/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%PYTHON% setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/pycairo/build.sh b/conda/pycairo/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e25a1455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pycairo/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/pycairo/meta.yaml b/conda/pycairo/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae7cccea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pycairo/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package:
+    name: pycairo
+    version: "1.10.0"
+
+source:
+    git_url: git://git.cairographics.org/git/pycairo
+    git_tag: master
+
+build:
+    number: 2
+    script: $PYTHON setup.py install
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - setuptools
+        - cairo 1.14.0 # [not win]
+    run:
+        - python
+        - cairo 1.14.0 # [not win]
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - cairo
+
+about:
+    home: http://cairographics.org/pycairo/
+    license: LGPL 3
+    summary: 'Python 3 bindings for cairo'
diff --git a/conda/pygobject/build.sh b/conda/pygobject/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..74249fff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pygobject/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+TERM=xterm ./autogen.sh
+export CFLAGS="-L$PREFIX/lib -I$PREFIX/include"
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
+make
+make install
diff --git a/conda/pygobject/meta.yaml b/conda/pygobject/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fcc319f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pygobject/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package:
+    name: pygobject
+    version: "3.14.0"
+
+source:
+    git_url: git://git.gnome.org/pygobject
+    git_tag: 3.14.0
+
+build:
+    number: 0
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+    run:
+        - python
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - gi
+        - gi.repository
+        - gi.repository.GObject
+        - gi.repository.GLib
+        - gi.repository.Gio
+        - gi.repository.Gtk
+
+about:
+    home: https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Projects/PyGObject?action=show&redirect=PyGObject
+    license: LGPL 2.1
+    summary: 'PyGObject is a Python extension module that gives clean and consistent access to the entire GNOME software platform through the use of GObject Introspection.'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4838700d6..3bb9765f7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ setup(
     packages=find_packages(),
     namespace_packages=[],
     test_suite="artiq.test",
-    data_files=[
-        (os.path.join("artiq", "gui"),
-         [os.path.join("artiq", "gui", "icon.png")])],
+    package_data={"artiq": [os.path.join("gui", "icon.png")]},
     ext_modules=[],
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [