diff --git a/recipes/star/2.6.1d/build.sh b/recipes/star/2.6.1d/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1af7b7d709cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/star/2.6.1d/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+    echo "Installing STAR for OSX."
+    mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
+    cp bin/MacOSX_x86_64/* $PREFIX/bin
+else 
+    echo "Installing STAR for UNIX/Linux."
+    mkdir -p $PREFIX/bin
+    cp bin/Linux_x86_64_static/* $PREFIX/bin
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/star/2.6.1d/meta.yaml b/recipes/star/2.6.1d/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2e193aac71f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/star/2.6.1d/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{% set version = "2.6.1d" %}
+{% set sha256 = "eba6a21426ba3b5fd752c68930116efae7b3776413e692e2e610f8363183aecc" %}
+
+package:
+  name: star
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR/archive/{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: {{ sha256 }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - STAR --version
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR
+  license: GPLv3
+  summary: An RNA-seq read aligner.
+
+extra:
+  identifiers:
+    - biotools:star
diff --git a/recipes/star/meta.yaml b/recipes/star/meta.yaml
index 13db06e2e4dba..519b1ca8f0b89 100644
--- a/recipes/star/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/star/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{% set version = "2.7.0b" %}
-{% set sha256 = "23f331c2f719d41d51d46a6ffd49b2784518073bfed587dde080e56b11d72e67" %}
+{% set version = "2.7.0d" %}
+{% set sha256 = "b3152b476161c7da324cf2cc1b55c35d3898b4ba0a57ec4cc699f48399b95799" %}
 
 package:
   name: star