diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 850821aa..8b74b3d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,47 @@ jobs:
     - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
 
+  conda-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+      with:
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        environment-file: environment.yml
+    - name: Build python wheel
+      run: |
+        python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
+        check-wheel-contents dist/shiver-*.whl
+    - name: Build conda library
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        # set up environment
+        cd conda.recipe
+        echo "versioningit $(versioningit ../)"
+        # build the package
+        VERSION=$(versioningit ../) conda mambabuild --output-folder . .
+        conda verify noarch/shiver*.tar.bz2
+    - name: Deploy to Anaconda
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+      env:
+        ANACONDA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_TOKEN }}
+        IS_RC: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'rc') }}
+      run: |
+        # label is main or rc depending on the tag-name
+        CONDA_LABEL="main"
+        if [ "${IS_RC}" = "true" ]; then CONDA_LABEL="rc"; fi
+        echo pushing ${{ github.ref }} with label $CONDA_LABEL
+        anaconda upload --label $CONDA_LABEL conda.recipe/noarch/shiver*.tar.bz2
+
   trigger-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [tests]
+    needs: [tests, conda-build]
     # only trigger deploys from protected branches and tags
     if: ${{ github.ref_protected || github.ref_type == 'tag' }}
     steps:
diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a53e8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# load information from setup.cfg/setup.py
+{% set data = load_setup_py_data() %}
+{% set license = data.get('license') %}
+{% set description = data.get('description') %}
+{% set url = data.get('url') %}
+# this will get the version set by environment variable
+{% set version = environ.get('VERSION') %}
+{% set version_number = environ.get('GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER', '0') | string %}
+
+
+package:
+  name: shiver
+  version: {{ version_number }}
+
+source:
+  path: ..
+
+build:
+  noarch: python
+  linux-64: python
+  number: {{ version_number }}
+  string: py{{py}}
+  script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . --no-deps --ignore-installed -vvv
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python
+    - versioningit
+
+  build:
+    - setuptools
+    - versioningit
+
+  run:
+    - mantidworkbench
+
+about:
+  home: {{ url }}
+  license: {{ license }}
+  license_family: GPL
+  license_file: ../LICENSE
+  summary: {{ description }}
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index feb3a4c1..56d9292f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ channels:
  - conda-forge
  - mantid/label/nightly
 dependencies:
+ - boa
+ - conda-build
+ - conda-verify
  - mantidworkbench
  - pre-commit
  - versioningit
@@ -10,8 +13,11 @@ dependencies:
  - pytest=7.2.1
  - pytest-qt=4.2.0
  - pytest-cov=4.0.0
+ - setuptools
  - sphinx
+ - python-build
  - pip
  - pip:
-   - https://oncat.ornl.gov/packages/pyoncat-1.4.1-py3-none-any.whl
+   - https://oncat.ornl.gov/packages/pyoncat-1.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
    - sphinx-rtd-theme
+   - check-wheel-contents
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a677ca8d..6fd70502 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,18 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "mantidworkbench >= 6.6.20230517",
-    "pyoncat == 1.4.1"
+    "pyoncat == 1.6.1"
 ]
 
+[project.urls]
+"Homepage" = "https://github.com/neutrons/Shiver/"
+
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools >= 42",
-  "versioningit"
+  "setuptools",
+   "wheel",
+   "toml",
+   "versioningit"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
@@ -24,6 +29,10 @@ file = "src/shiver/_version.py"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
+exclude = ["tests*", "DGS_SC_scripts*"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"*" = ["*.yml","*.yaml","*.ini"]
 
 [project.gui-scripts]
 shiver = "shiver:main"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99da8fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""
+This file is necessary so conda can read the contents of setup.cfg using
+its load_setup_py_data function
+"""
+from setuptools import setup
+from versioningit import get_cmdclasses
+
+setup(cmdclass=get_cmdclasses())