diff --git a/nix/conda-board.nix b/nix/conda-board.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8152bfc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/conda-board.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+{ artiqSrc, boardBinaries }:
+
+with pkgs;
+
+let
+  target = "kasli";
+  variant = "tester";
+
+  fakeCondaSource = runCommand "fake-conda-source-${target}-${variant}" { }
+    ''
+    cp --no-preserve=mode,ownership -R ${artiqSrc} $out
+    mkdir $out/fake-conda;
+
+    cat << EOF > $out/fake-conda/meta.yaml
+    package:
+      name: artiq-${target}-${variant}
+      version: {{ environ["GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG"] }}
+
+    source:
+      git_url: ..
+
+    build:
+      noarch: python
+      number: {{ environ["GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER"] }}
+      string: {{ environ["GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER"] }}+git{{ environ["GIT_FULL_HASH"][:8] }}
+      ignore_prefix_files: True
+
+    outputs:
+      - name: artiq-${target}-${variant}
+        noarch: python
+        files:
+          - site-packages
+        requirements:
+          run:
+            - artiq {{ "{tag} {number}+git{hash}".format(tag=environ["GIT_DESCRIBE_TAG"], number=environ["GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER"], hash=environ["GIT_FULL_HASH"][:8]) }}
+        ignore_prefix_files: True
+
+    about:
+      home: https://m-labs.hk/artiq
+      license: LGPL
+      summary: 'Bitstream, BIOS and firmware for the ${target}-${variant} board variant'
+    EOF
+
+    cat << EOF > $out/fake-conda/build.sh
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -e
+    SOC_PREFIX=\$PREFIX/site-packages/artiq/binaries/${target}-${variant}
+    mkdir -p \$SOC_PREFIX
+    cp ${boardBinaries}/* \$SOC_PREFIX
+    EOF
+    chmod 755 $out/fake-conda/build.sh
+    '';
+  conda-board = import ./conda-build.nix { inherit pkgs; } {
+    name = "conda-board-${target}-${variant}";
+    src = fakeCondaSource;
+    recipe = "fake-conda";
+  };
+in
+  conda-board
diff --git a/nix/conda-build.nix b/nix/conda-build.nix
index 6780ff3c7..22dd9eb6d 100644
--- a/nix/conda-build.nix
+++ b/nix/conda-build.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+# We need to pass the whole source to conda for the git variables to work.
+# recipe must be a string pointing to a path within the source.
+
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+{ name, src, recipe }:
 
 with pkgs;
 
@@ -37,8 +41,7 @@ let
   };
 
 in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "conda-artiq";
-  src = ../.;
+  inherit name src;
   buildInputs = [ condaBuilderEnv ];
   buildCommand =
     ''
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
           - PYTHON
     EOF
     mkdir $out
-    ${condaBuilderEnv}/bin/conda-builder-env -c "PYTHON=python conda build --clobber-file clobber.yaml --no-anaconda-upload --no-test --output-folder $out $src/conda/artiq"
+    ${condaBuilderEnv}/bin/conda-builder-env -c "PYTHON=python conda build --clobber-file clobber.yaml --no-anaconda-upload --no-test --output-folder $out $src/${recipe}"
 
     mkdir -p $out/nix-support
     echo file conda $out/noarch/*.tar.bz2 >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
diff --git a/nix/release.nix b/nix/release.nix
index cd2388b69..ac927d991 100644
--- a/nix/release.nix
+++ b/nix/release.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
 let
   artiqPkgs = import ./default.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+  artiq-board = import ./artiq-board.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   jobs = rec {
-    conda-artiq = import ./conda-build.nix { inherit pkgs; };
-    artiq-board = import ./artiq-board.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+    conda-artiq = import ./conda-build.nix { inherit pkgs; } {
+      name = "conda-artiq";
+      src = ../.;
+      recipe = "conda/artiq";
+    };
+    inherit artiq-board;
+    conda-artiq-board = import ./conda-board.nix { inherit pkgs; } {
+      artiqSrc = ../.;
+      boardBinaries = artiq-board;
+    };
   } // artiqPkgs;
 in
   jobs