diff --git a/recipes/yaml/CMakeLists.txt.patch b/recipes/yaml/CMakeLists.txt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a93a346436fa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/yaml/CMakeLists.txt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt
+index e84c28c..4561133 100644
+--- CMakeLists.txt
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ set (YAML_VERSION_STRING "${YAML_VERSION_MAJOR}.${YAML_VERSION_MINOR}.${YAML_VER
+ file (GLOB SRC src/*.c)
+ 
+ include_directories (include win32)
+-add_definitions (-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DYAML_DECLARE_STATIC)
+-add_library (yaml STATIC ${SRC})
+-
++add_library (yaml SHARED ${SRC})
++set_target_properties(yaml PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DYAML_DECLARE_EXPORT -DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
++add_library (yaml_static STATIC ${SRC})
++set_target_properties(yaml_static PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DYAML_DECLARE_STATIC -DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/yaml/bld.bat b/recipes/yaml/bld.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..8c4f923449913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/yaml/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+nmake
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+:: No tests included in the cmake build.
+::
+:: ctest
+:: if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+copy ..\include\yaml.h %LIBRARY_INC%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+copy yaml.dll %LIBRARY_BIN%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+copy yaml.lib %LIBRARY_LIB%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+copy yaml_static.lib %LIBRARY_LIB%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/recipes/yaml/build.sh b/recipes/yaml/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..dbb384f8c499c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/yaml/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+./configure --prefix="${PREFIX}"
+make
+make check
+make install
diff --git a/recipes/yaml/meta.yaml b/recipes/yaml/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..73952e4958fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/yaml/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{% set version = "0.1.6" %}
+
+package:
+  name: yaml
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  fn: yaml-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  url: http://pyyaml.org/download/libyaml/yaml-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  md5: 5fe00cda18ca5daeb43762b80c38e06e
+  patches:
+    # Change CMakeLists so that we can build static and shared libraries.
+    # See this PR ( https://github.com/yaml/libyaml/pull/10 ) for details.
+    - CMakeLists.txt.patch
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  features:
+    - vc9                # [win and py27]
+    - vc10               # [win and py34]
+    - vc14               # [win and py35]
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - cmake              # [win]
+    - python             # [win]
+    - pkg-config         # [unix]
+    - libtool            # [unix]
+
+test:
+  requires:
+    - python {{ environ['PY_VER'] + '*' }}            # [win]
+
+  commands:
+    # Check headers.
+    - test -f "${PREFIX}/include/yaml.h"              # [unix]
+    - if not exist %LIBRARY_INC%\\yaml.h exit 1       # [win]
+
+    # Check libraries.
+    - test -f "${PREFIX}/lib/libyaml.a"               # [unix]
+    - test -f "${PREFIX}/lib/libyaml.dylib"           # [osx]
+    - test -f "${PREFIX}/lib/libyaml.so"              # [linux]
+    - if not exist %LIBRARY_LIB%\\yaml_static.lib exit 1     # [win]
+    - if not exist %LIBRARY_LIB%\\yaml.lib exit 1     # [win]
+    - if not exist %LIBRARY_BIN%\\yaml.dll exit 1     # [win]
+
+about:
+  home: http://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML'
+  license: MIT
+  summary: A C library for parsing and emitting YAML.
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - jakirkham