diff --git a/recipes/r-airr/build.sh b/recipes/r-airr/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [[ $target_platform =~ linux.* ]] || [[ $target_platform == win-32 ]] || [[ $target_platform == win-64 ]] || [[ $target_platform == osx-64 ]]; then
+  export DISABLE_AUTOBREW=1
+  $R CMD INSTALL --build .
+else
+  mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib/R/library/airr
+  mv * $PREFIX/lib/R/library/airr
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/r-airr/meta.yaml b/recipes/r-airr/meta.yaml
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+{% set version = '1.2.0' %}
+
+package:
+  name: r-airr
+  version: {{ version|replace("-", "_") }}
+
+source:
+  url:
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/airr_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+    - {{ cran_mirror }}/src/contrib/Archive/airr/airr_{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 306cd7084b1ef0617af62e5815df538f2dcd6d6aaabb593df6f579e8ab5c5cef
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  noarch: generic
+  rpaths:
+    - lib/R/lib/
+    - lib/
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - r-base
+    - r-readr
+    - r-stringi
+    - r-yaml
+  run:
+    - r-base
+    - r-readr
+    - r-stringi
+    - r-yaml
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - $R -e "library('airr')"
+
+about:
+  home: http://docs.airr-community.org
+  license: CC BY 4.0
+  summary: Schema definitions and read, write and validation tools for data  formatted in accordance
+    with the AIRR Data Representation schemas defined  by the AIRR Community <http://docs.airr-community.org>.
+  license_family: CC
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - johanneskoester
+    - bgruening
+    - daler
+    - jdblischak
+    - cbrueffer
+    - dbast
+    - PertuyF