diff --git a/recipes/connectome-workbench/build.sh b/recipes/connectome-workbench/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig \
+ OPENMP_HEADER_DIR=${PREFIX}/include \
+ OPENMP_LIB_DIR=${PREFIX}/lib \
+ FREETYPE_DIR=${PREFIX}
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX} -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${PREFIX} \
+ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE="-L${PREFIX}/lib" \
+ -DWORKBENCH_USE_QT5=TRUE -DZLIB_ROOT=${PREFIX} -DWORKBENCH_MESA_DIR=${PREFIX} \
+ -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PREFIX} -DPKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=True ../src
+make -j ${CPU_COUNT}
+make install
diff --git a/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml b/recipes/connectome-workbench/meta.yaml
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+{% set name = "connectome-workbench" %}
+{% set version = "1.3.1" %}
+{% set sha256 = "0359619ef7559cdd2e677c1c924153bb3534505ca9baf58d9c6281eae654e2c7" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url:  https://github.com/Washington-University/workbench/archive/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: {{ sha256 }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  skip: True # [osx]
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - {{ compiler('c') }}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+    - cmake >=2.8
+
+  host:
+    - qt >=5.6
+    - libpng
+    - zlib
+    - openssl
+    - openmp
+    - freetype
+    - mesa
+    - libglu
+    - xorg-libx11
+    - xorg-libxext
+    - xorg-libxfixes
+    - xorg-libxcb
+    - xorg-libxau
+    - xorg-libxdmcp
+
+  run:
+    - qt >=5.6
+    - libpng
+    - zlib
+    - openssl
+    - openmp
+    - freetype
+    - mesa
+    - libglu
+    - xorg-libx11
+    - xorg-libxext
+    - xorg-libxfixes
+    - xorg-libxcb
+    - xorg-libxau
+    - xorg-libxdmcp
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - wb_command -help
+    - wb_view -help
+    - wb_shortcuts -help
+
+about:
+  home: https://www.humanconnectome.org/software/connectome-workbench
+  summary: "Connectome Workbench is an open source, freely available visualization and discovery tool used to map neuroimaging data, especially data generated by the Human Connectome Project"
+  license: GPL-2.0
+  license_family: GPL
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  dev_url: https://github.com/Washington-University/workbench
+
+extra:
+  container:
+    extended-base: True