diff --git a/artiq-fast/conda/llvmlite-artiq.nix b/artiq-fast/conda/llvmlite-artiq.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e90076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artiq-fast/conda/llvmlite-artiq.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{ pkgs, conda-llvm-or1k, version, src }:
+
+let
+  condaBuilderEnv = import ./builder-env.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+  fake-src = pkgs.runCommand "conda-fake-source-llvmlite-artiq" { }
+    ''
+    mkdir -p $out/fake-conda;
+
+    # work around yet more idiotic conda behavior - build breaks if write permissions aren't set on source files.
+    cp --no-preserve=mode,ownership -R ${src} workaround-conda
+    pushd workaround-conda
+    tar cf $out/src.tar .
+    popd
+    rm -rf workaround-conda
+
+    cat << EOF > $out/fake-conda/meta.yaml
+    package:
+      name: llvmlite-artiq
+      version: ${version}
+
+    source:
+      url: ../src.tar
+
+    # Again, we don't specify build dependencies since the conda garbage mistakenly thinks
+    # that they are not there if they have been installed from files.
+    requirements:
+      run:
+        - python
+        - ncurses [linux]
+    EOF
+
+    cat << EOF > $out/fake-conda/build.sh
+    #!/bin/bash
+    set -e
+
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib
+    python setup.py install \
+      --prefix=\$PREFIX \
+      --single-version-externally-managed \
+      --record=record.txt \
+      --no-compile
+
+    EOF
+    chmod 755 $out/fake-conda/build.sh
+    '';
+in
+  pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "conda-llvmlite-artiq";
+    src = fake-src;
+    buildCommand =
+      ''
+      HOME=`pwd`
+      mkdir $out
+      cat << EOF > conda-commands.sh
+      set -e
+
+      conda create --prefix ./conda_tmp ${conda-llvm-or1k}/*/*.tar.bz2
+      conda init
+      source .bashrc
+      conda activate ./conda_tmp
+
+      conda build --no-anaconda-upload --no-test --output-folder $out $src/fake-conda
+      EOF
+      ${condaBuilderEnv}/bin/conda-builder-env conda-commands.sh
+
+      mkdir -p $out/nix-support
+      echo file conda $out/*/*.tar.bz2 >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
+      '';
+  }
diff --git a/artiq-fast/default.nix b/artiq-fast/default.nix
index 9722b30..5449ce5 100644
--- a/artiq-fast/default.nix
+++ b/artiq-fast/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ let
       inherit (llvm-or1k) version;
       src = llvm-or1k.llvm-src;
     };
+    conda-llvmlite-artiq = import ./conda/llvmlite-artiq.nix {
+      inherit pkgs conda-llvm-or1k;
+      inherit (llvmlite-artiq) version src;
+    };
     conda-sipyco = import ./conda/build.nix { inherit pkgs; } {
       name = "conda-sipyco";
       src = import ./conda/fake-source.nix { inherit pkgs; } {
diff --git a/artiq-fast/pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix b/artiq-fast/pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix
index 0a26893..9ec5c2c 100644
--- a/artiq-fast/pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix
+++ b/artiq-fast/pkgs/llvmlite-artiq.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, llvm-or1k, makeWrapper, python3, ncurses, zlib, python3Packages }:
 python3Packages.buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "llvmlite-artiq";
+  version = "0.23.0.dev";
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     rev = "158f9d3a898dbf055ca513d69505df288c681fea";
     owner = "m-labs";