diff --git a/recipes/libpq/meta.yaml b/recipes/libpq/meta.yaml
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+++ b/recipes/libpq/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{% set version = "9.5.3" %}
+
+package:
+    name: libpq
+    version: {{ version }}
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  skip: True   # [win]
+  # features:
+  #   - vc9               # [win and py27]
+  #   - vc10              # [win and py34]
+  #   - vc14              # [win and py35]
+  always_include_files:
+    - lib/libpq.so.5.8        # [linux]
+    - lib/libpq.so.5          # [linux]
+    - lib/libpq.so            # [linux]
+    - lib/libpq.5.8.dylib     # [osx]
+    - lib/libpq.5.dylib       # [osx]
+    - lib/libpq.dylib         # [osx]
+    - bin/pg_config           # [unix]
+    - Library/bin/libpq.dll       # [win]
+    - Library/bin/pg_config.exe   # [win]
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    # - vc   9   # [win and py27]
+    # - vc  10   # [win and py34]
+    # - vc  14   # [win and py35]
+    - postgresql  {{ version }}
+  # run:
+  #   - vc   9   # [win and py27]
+  #   - vc  10   # [win and py34]
+  #   - vc  14   # [win and py35]
+
+test:
+  commands:
+    - pg_config
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.so.5.8   # [linux]
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.so.5     # [linux]
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.so       # [linux]
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.5.8.dylib   # [osx]
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.5.dylib     # [osx]
+    - test -f $PREFIX/lib/libpq.dylib       # [osx]
+
+about:
+  home: http://www.postgresql.org/
+  license: PostgreSQL license (http://www.postgresql.org/about/licence/)
+  summary: The postgres runtime libraries and utilities (not the server itself)
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - msarahan
+    - ocefpaf
diff --git a/recipes/psycopg2/bld.bat b/recipes/psycopg2/bld.bat
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+++ b/recipes/psycopg2/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"%PYTHON%" setup.py install
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/recipes/psycopg2/build.sh b/recipes/psycopg2/build.sh
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+++ b/recipes/psycopg2/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L$PREFIX/lib -lssl"
+
+$PYTHON setup.py install
+
+if [[ `uname` == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+     PG_LIB=$(pg_config --libdir)
+     for LIBRARY in `find ${SP_DIR}/${PKG_NAME} -name "*.so"`;
+     do
+        install_name_tool -change libssl.1.0.0.dylib @rpath/libssl.1.0.0.dylib $LIBRARY
+        install_name_tool -change libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib @rpath/libcrypto.1.0.0.dylib $LIBRARY
+     done
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/psycopg2/have_openssl.patch b/recipes/psycopg2/have_openssl.patch
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+++ b/recipes/psycopg2/have_openssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git setup.cfg setup.cfg
+index 90a47dd..1057dc1 100644
+--- setup.cfg
++++ setup.cfg
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use_pydatetime=1
+ # For Windows only:
+ # Set to 1 if the PostgreSQL library was built with OpenSSL.
+ # Required to link in OpenSSL libraries and dependencies.
+-have_ssl=0
++have_ssl=1
+ 
+ # Statically link against the postgresql client library.
+ #static_libpq=1
diff --git a/recipes/psycopg2/meta.yaml b/recipes/psycopg2/meta.yaml
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index 0000000000000..60baf24199c2b
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+++ b/recipes/psycopg2/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{% set version = "2.6.1" %}
+
+package:
+    name: psycopg2
+    version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+    fn: psycopg2-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+    url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/psycopg2/psycopg2-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+    md5: 842b44f8c95517ed5b792081a2370da1
+    patches:
+        - have_openssl.patch
+
+build:
+    number: 0
+    # FIXME: until we solve the postgresql package.
+    skip: True  # [win]
+
+requirements:
+    build:
+        - python
+        - postgresql
+        - openssl 1.0.*
+    run:
+        # libpq is a repackaging of only the library to connect to postgres
+        - libpq
+        - python
+        - openssl 1.0.*
+
+test:
+    imports:
+        - psycopg2
+        - psycopg2._psycopg
+
+about:
+    home: http://initd.org/psycopg/
+    license: LGPL, BSD-like, ZPL
+    summary: Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter
+
+extra:
+    recipe-maintainers:
+        - msarahan
+        - ocefpaf