diff --git a/recipes/freebayes/0003-meson-macos.patch b/recipes/freebayes/0003-meson-macos.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..47e1176d8d7ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/freebayes/0003-meson-macos.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 66b8016..bf0bf10 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
+ 
+ project('freebayes', ['cpp', 'c'],
+         version : '1.3.7',
+-        default_options : ['warning_level=1', 'cpp_std=c++17', 'optimization=3'])
++        default_options : ['warning_level=1', 'cpp_std=c++14', 'optimization=3'])
+ static_build = get_option('static')
+ 
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
diff --git a/recipes/freebayes/LICENSE b/recipes/freebayes/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e3322e991a3d..0000000000000
--- a/recipes/freebayes/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2010 Erik Garrison, Gabor Marth
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/recipes/freebayes/build.sh b/recipes/freebayes/build.sh
index 660009d1b0fc8..a090a95414a3a 100644
--- a/recipes/freebayes/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/freebayes/build.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 mkdir build
-meson setup --buildtype debug --prefix "${PREFIX}" -Dprefer_system_deps=true build/
-
+mkdir -p ${PREFIX}/bin
 
+CXX="${CXX}" CC="${CC}" meson setup --buildtype release --prefix "${PREFIX}" \
+	--strip --prefer-static -Dprefer_system_deps=true build/
 
 cd build
 ninja -v
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ ninja -v install
 ##Copy scripts over ## This will likely need to be removed with an updated build
 cp -n ../scripts/*.py $PREFIX/bin
 cp -n ../scripts/*.sh $PREFIX/bin
-cp -n ../scripts/*.pl $PREFIX/bin 
-#cp -n ../scripts/*.R $PREFIX/bin
+cp -n ../scripts/*.pl $PREFIX/bin
 
 cp -n ../scripts/freebayes-parallel $PREFIX/bin
diff --git a/recipes/freebayes/meta.yaml b/recipes/freebayes/meta.yaml
index e6a3953d98e42..f10c0fa32a4b2 100644
--- a/recipes/freebayes/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/freebayes/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+{% set name = "freebayes" %}
 {% set version = "1.3.7" %}
 
 package:
-  name: freebayes
+  name: {{ name }}
   version: {{ version }}
 
 source:
@@ -10,10 +11,10 @@ source:
   patches:
     - 0001-make-meson-build-conda-friendly.patch
     - 0002-fix-intervaltree-include-path.patch
+    - 0003-meson-macos.patch  # [osx]
 
 build:
-  number: 1
-  skip: true  # [osx]
+  number: 2
   run_exports:
     - {{ pin_subpackage("freebayes", max_pin="x") }}