diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
index 71ae1b9e..6579bad2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_deploy.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
 
+  build_conda:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          environment-name: conda-build-env
+          create-args: >-
+            conda-build
+            conda-verify
+          init-shell: bash
+
+        # We don't want the whole repo (recipe), since that includes some test data
+      - run: |
+          mkdir output/
+          conda-build core --output-folder output --no-include-recipe
+        shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
+        name: Build conda package
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: lls-core-conda
+          # Upload the actual conda package
+          path: output/**/lls_core*.tar.bz2
+
   deploy:
     # this will run when you have tagged a commit, starting with "v*"
     # and requires that you have put your twine API key in your
diff --git a/core/meta.yaml b/core/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35abdc89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Note: this is the conda package config file, not to be confused with the Python package config file `pyproject.toml`
+{% set name = "lls_core" %}
+{% set version = "0.2.7" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  path: .
+
+build:
+  entry_points:
+    - napari_lattice = napari_lattice.cmds.__main__:main
+  noarch: python
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv --no-deps --no-build-isolation
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python >=3.8
+    - setuptools
+    - wheel
+    - pip
+  run:
+    - python >=3.8
+    - aicsimageio >=4.6.3
+    - aicspylibczi >=3.1.1
+    - click
+    - dask-core
+    - fsspec >=2022.8.2
+    - importlib_resources
+    - napari-workflows >=0.2.8
+    - npy2bdv
+    - numpy
+    - pandas
+    - pyclesperanto-prototype >=0.20.0
+    - pyopencl
+    - pydantic >=1.10.17,<3
+    - pyyaml
+    - read-roi
+    - rich
+    - resource_backed_dask_array >=0.1.0
+    - scikit-image
+    - strenum
+    - tifffile >=2023.3.15
+    - toolz
+    - tqdm
+    - typer
+    - typing_extensions >=4.7.0
+    - xarray
+
+  run_constrained:
+    - ome-types >=0.3.4
+
+test:
+  imports:
+    - lls_core
+  commands:
+    - pip check
+    - lls-pipeline --help
+  requires:
+    - pip
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/BioimageAnalysisCoreWEHI/napari_lattice
+  license: GPL-3.0
+  license_file: ../LICENSE
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - multimeric