diff --git a/recipes/coursier/build_coursier.bat b/recipes/coursier/build_coursier.bat
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+++ b/recipes/coursier/build_coursier.bat
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+@echo on
+:: derived from https://github.com/2m/coursier-pkgbuild/blob/master/PKGBUILD
+set "COURSIER_CACHE=%SRC_DIR%\cache"
+
+md "%COURSIER_CACHE%" || goto :ERROR
+md "%PREFIX%\Scripts" || goto :ERROR
+
+:: TODO: remove debugging
+dir
+
+java ^
+    -noverify ^
+    -jar coursier ^
+    bootstrap ^
+    "io.get-coursier::coursier-cli:%PKG_VERSION%" ^
+    --java-opt "-noverify" ^
+    --no-default ^
+    -r central ^
+    -r typesafe:ivy-releases ^
+    -f -o "%PREFIX%\Scripts\coursier" ^
+    --standalone ^
+    || goto :ERROR
+
+goto :EOF
+
+:ERROR
+echo FAIL Building %PKG_NAME% %PKG_VERSION% with error #%errorlevel%.
+exit /b 1
diff --git a/recipes/coursier/build_coursier.sh b/recipes/coursier/build_coursier.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# derived from https://github.com/2m/coursier-pkgbuild/blob/master/PKGBUILD
+set -eux
+
+export COURSIER_CACHE="$SRC_DIR/cache"
+
+mkdir -p $COURSIER_CACHE
+
+bash ./coursier \
+    bootstrap \
+    "io.get-coursier::coursier-cli:${PKG_VERSION}" \
+    --java-opt "-noverify" \
+    --no-default \
+    -r central \
+    -r typesafe:ivy-releases \
+    -f -o "$PREFIX/bin/coursier" \
+    --standalone
diff --git a/recipes/coursier/meta.yaml b/recipes/coursier/meta.yaml
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+++ b/recipes/coursier/meta.yaml
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+{% set name = "coursier" %}
+{% set version = "2.0.16" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  - fn: {{ name }}-{{ version }}-LICENSE-APACHE
+    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{{ name }}/{{ name }}/v{{ version }}/LICENSE
+    sha256: cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30
+  - url: https://github.com/{{ name }}/{{ name }}/releases/download/v{{ version }}/{{ name }}
+    sha256: 631e8fbc1a3beb71a7130539b3b01852cfbe02edb94c5e9c6785981a0aee1e9c
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - openjdk
+  host:
+    - openjdk
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - echo "TBD"
+
+outputs:
+  - name: {{ name }}-base
+    requirements:
+      build:
+        - openjdk
+    build:
+      script: call "%RECIPE_DIR%\build_{{ name }}.bat"  # [win]
+      script: bash "${RECIPE_DIR}/build_{{ name }}.sh"  # [unix]
+    test:
+      commands:
+        - dir "%SCRIPTS%\{{ name }}.bat"  # [win]
+        - ls "${PREFIX}/bin/{{ name }}"  # [unix]
+
+  - name: {{ name }}
+    requirements:
+      run:
+        - openjdk
+        - {{ name }}-base ={{ version }}
+    test:
+      requirements:
+        - openjdk
+      commands:
+        - java -version
+        - {{ name }} --version
+        - {{ name }} --help
+    about:
+      summary: Pure Scala Artifact Fetching (with conda JDK)
+
+about:
+  home: https://get-coursier.io
+  license: Apache-2.0
+  license_family: APACHE
+  license_file:
+    - {{ name }}-{{ version }}-LICENSE-APACHE
+    # TODO: get licenses
+    # - library_licenses/
+  summary: Pure Scala Artifact Fetching
+  doc_url: https://get-coursier.io/docs/overview
+  dev_url: https://github.com/coursier/coursier
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - bollwyvl
+    - dbast