diff --git a/recipes/r-pgenlibr/build.sh b/recipes/r-pgenlibr/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+export DISABLE_AUTOBREW=1
+${R} CMD INSTALL --build . ${R_ARGS}
diff --git a/recipes/r-pgenlibr/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-pgenlibr/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = '0.3.7' %}
+
+package:
+  name: r-pgenlibr
+  version: {{ version|replace("-", "_") }}
+
+source:
+  url:
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/pgenlibr_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/Archive/pgenlibr/pgenlibr_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 03928d827ef296b49819892db75eb621c009a40de88ff5ea519cd3982ca96bf1
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  run_exports:
+    - {{ pin_subpackage('r-pgenlibr', max_pin="x.x") }}
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/R/lib/
+    - lib/
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('c') }}              # [not win]
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}            # [not win]
+    - autoconf
+    - automake          # [not win]
+    - pkg-config
+    - make
+    - cross-r-base {{ r_base }}    # [build_platform != target_platform]
+  host:
+    - r-base
+    - r-rcpp >=1.0.1
+  run:
+    - r-base
+    - r-rcpp >=1.0.1
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - $R -e "library('pgenlibr')"           # [not win]
+
+about:
+  home: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=pgenlibr
+  license: LGPL-3
+  summary: >
+    A thin wrapper over PLINK 2's core libraries which provides an R interface
+    for reading .pgen files. A minimal .pvar loader is also included.
+    Chang et al. (2015) \doi{10.1186/s13742-015-0047-8}.
+  license_family: LGPL
+  license_file:
+    - '{{ environ["PREFIX"] }}/lib/R/share/licenses/LGPL-3'
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - aryarm