diff --git a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
index 67991b4b9..3de0d7250 100644
--- a/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/artiq/meta.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ requirements:
         - quamash
         - pyqtgraph
         - flterm # [linux]
+        - pygit2
 
 test:
     imports:
diff --git a/conda/libgit2/build.sh b/conda/libgit2/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..210fa20ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/libgit2/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX
+make -j2
+make install
diff --git a/conda/libgit2/meta.yaml b/conda/libgit2/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfad84964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/libgit2/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package:
+  name: libgit2
+  version: 0.22.3
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2
+  git_tag: v0.22.3
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - system # [linux]
+    - cmake # [linux]
+
+about:
+  home: https://libgit2.github.com/
+  license: GPLv2 with a special Linking Exception
+  summary: 'libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language with bindings.'
diff --git a/conda/pygit2/build.sh b/conda/pygit2/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..833768d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pygit2/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export LIBGIT2=$PREFIX
+$PYTHON setup.py install
diff --git a/conda/pygit2/meta.yaml b/conda/pygit2/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..273c6f444
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda/pygit2/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package:
+  name: pygit2
+  version: 0.22.1
+
+source:
+  git_url: https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2
+  git_tag: v0.22.1
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - system # [linux]
+    - python
+    - libgit2
+    - cffi >=0.8.1
+    - pkgconfig # [linux]
+  run:
+    - system # [linux]
+    - python
+    - libgit2
+    - cffi >=0.8.1
+
+about:
+  home: http://www.pygit2.org/
+  license: GPLv2 with a special Linking Exception
+  summary: 'Pygit2 is a set of Python bindings to the libgit2 shared library, libgit2 implements the core of Git.'