diff --git a/conda.recipe/build.sh b/conda.recipe/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eef327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda.recipe/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CFLAGS="-fno-stack-protector -Wno-narrowing" $PYTHON -m pip install --no-deps --ignore-installed  .
diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b8bdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package:
+  name: pycld2
+  version: 0.42
+
+source:
+  - path: ..
+
+build:
+  number: 2
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python
+
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+
+test:
+  requires:
+    - python
+
+  source_files:
+    - test_pycld2.py
+
+  commands:
+    - python test_pycld2.py -v
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/aboSamoor/pycld2
+  license: Apache Software License
+  summary: Python bindings around Google Chromium's embedded compact language detection library (CLD2)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c327b36..32c3210 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import io
 import re
+import platform
 from os import path
 import platform
 
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@
 else:
     extra_compile_args = ["-w", "-O2", "-fPIC"]
 
+
+if platform.machine() == 'x86_64':
+    extra_compile_args.append("-m64")
+
 module = setuptools.Extension(
     # First arg (name) is the full name of the extension, including
     # any packages - ie. not a filename or pathname, but Python dotted