diff --git a/recipes/libq/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/libq/all/conandata.yml
index ccf7438b45e02..10ff9b4c84e7a 100644
--- a/recipes/libq/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/libq/all/conandata.yml
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ sources:
   "0.0.0.cci.20180504":
     url: "https://github.com/grantila/q/archive/0117848bb3e6f0b130b546bc5851caf5f95f8b7e.zip"
     sha256: "f5e51c1abbbec8e6da2155740917d7f1f60628745363ebd4e2aadfd7ef2ff682"
+patches:
+  "0.0.0.cci.20180504":
+    - patch_file: "patches/0001-cmake-remove-hardcoded-flags.patch"
+      patch_description: "Remove hardcoded flags from CMakeLists.txt"
+      patch_type: "conan"
diff --git a/recipes/libq/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/libq/all/conanfile.py
index dc16af6ef7029..5f4bda8e476df 100644
--- a/recipes/libq/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/libq/all/conanfile.py
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 from conan.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration
 from conan.tools.build import check_min_cppstd
 from conan.tools.cmake import CMake, CMakeToolchain, cmake_layout
-from conan.tools.files import copy, get, rm, rmdir
+from conan.tools.files import copy, get, rm, rmdir, export_conandata_patches, apply_conandata_patches
+from conan.tools.microsoft import is_msvc
 from conan.tools.scm import Version
 from conan.tools.apple import fix_apple_shared_install_name
 
-required_conan_version = ">=1.53.0"
+required_conan_version = ">=2.1"
 
 class libqConan(ConanFile):
     name = "libq"
@@ -28,45 +29,28 @@ class libqConan(ConanFile):
         "fPIC": True,
     }
 
-    @property
-    def _min_cppstd(self):
-        return 17
-
-    @property
-    def _compilers_minimum_version(self):
-        return {
-            "apple-clang": "10",
-            "clang": "7",
-            "gcc": "7"
-        }
-
-    def configure(self):
-        if self.options.shared:
-            self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
+    implements = ["auto_shared_fpic"]
 
     def layout(self):
         cmake_layout(self, src_folder="src")
 
+    def export_sources(self):
+        export_conandata_patches(self)
+
     def validate(self):
-        if self.settings.compiler.cppstd:
-            check_min_cppstd(self, self._min_cppstd)
-        minimum_version = self._compilers_minimum_version.get(str(self.settings.compiler), False)
-        if minimum_version and Version(self.settings.compiler.version) < minimum_version:
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
-                f"{self.ref} requires C++{self._min_cppstd}, which your compiler does not support."
-            )
-        if self.settings.os in ["Windows"]:
-            # FIXME: Test package is not capable to find q.lib
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(f"{self.ref} Conan recipe is not supported in Windows. Contributions are welcome.")
+        check_min_cppstd(self, 11)
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows" and self.options.shared:
+            # It exports no symbols, so it can't be used as a shared library
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration("Does not support shared libraries on Windows")
 
     def source(self):
         get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
+        apply_conandata_patches(self)
 
     def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
         tc.variables["q_BUILD_TESTS"] = False
         tc.variables["q_BUILD_APPS"] = False
-
         tc.generate()
 
     def build(self):
@@ -88,7 +72,10 @@ def package(self):
         rm(self, "*.pdb", os.path.join(self.package_folder, "bin"))
 
     def package_info(self):
-        self.cpp_info.libs = ["q"]
+        suffix = ""
+        if is_msvc(self) and self.settings.build_type == "Debug":
+            suffix = "d"
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["q" + suffix]
         self.cpp_info.set_property("cmake_file_name", "libq")
         self.cpp_info.set_property("cmake_target_name", "libq::libq")
 
@@ -96,3 +83,6 @@ def package_info(self):
             self.cpp_info.system_libs.append("m")
             self.cpp_info.system_libs.append("pthread")
             self.cpp_info.system_libs.append("dl")
+
+        if is_msvc(self):
+            self.cpp_info.cxxflags.append("/bigobj")
diff --git a/recipes/libq/all/test_package/test_package.cpp b/recipes/libq/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
index 50d84425907de..52347690f10f3 100644
--- a/recipes/libq/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
+++ b/recipes/libq/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
@@ -1,24 +1,11 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <q/lib.hpp>
-#include <q/blocking_dispatcher.hpp>
-#include <q/execution_context.hpp>
-#include <q/promise.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <thread>
+
 
 int main(void) {
     q::initialize();
-
-    auto ctx = q::make_execution_context<q::blocking_dispatcher>("test");
-    
-    std::thread t([&ctx](){
-        ctx->dispatcher()->start();
-    });    
-    std::this_thread::yield();    
-    ctx->dispatcher()->terminate(q::termination::annihilate);
-    ctx->dispatcher()->await_termination();
-    t.join();
-
+    std::cout << "q initialized correctly" << std::endl;
     q::uninitialize();
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }