diff --git a/conda/migrate.py b/conda/migrate.py
index 37ac8bf06997f7a45b40065755551cdd8f99a5e3..184b7abba7c6db108695ddee2dcbf173ac89a92d 100755
--- a/conda/migrate.py
+++ b/conda/migrate.py
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ from conda_build.variants import parse_config_file
 from conda_build.conda_interface import PY3
 import os
 
+RUN_EXPORTS = [
+    '    - libblitz\n',
+]
+
 
 def extract_requirements_text(path):
   text = ""
@@ -68,6 +72,14 @@ def add_variant(doc, star=True):
   return doc
 
 
+def extract_section(text, first, last):
+  i1 = text.find(first)
+  i2 = text.find(last, i1)
+  if i1 == -1 or i2 == -1:
+    return -1, -1, ''
+  return i1, i2, text[i1 + len(first):i2]
+
+
 def migrate(template_recipe_path, old_recipe_path, build_variant_path,
             output_folder):
   config = Config()
@@ -87,32 +99,36 @@ def migrate(template_recipe_path, old_recipe_path, build_variant_path,
   final_recipe = final_recipe.replace(
       '    <ENTRY_POINTS_TEST>\n', entry_points_test)
   requirements_text = extract_requirements_text(old_recipe_path)
-  already_build = ['- python\n',
-                   '- setuptools\n',
-                   '- python {{ python }}\n',
-                   '- setuptools {{ setuptools }}\n',
-                   '- toolchain {{ toolchain }}\n']
-  i1 = requirements_text.find('build:\n') + 7
-  i2 = requirements_text.find('run:\n')
-  build_text = requirements_text[i1:i2]
-  requires_compilers = 'toolchain' in build_text
+  i1, i2, build_text = extract_section(
+      requirements_text, 'build:\n', 'host:\n')
+  i1, i2, host_text = extract_section(requirements_text, 'host:\n', 'run:\n')
+  already_build = [
+      '- python\n',
+      '- setuptools\n',
+      '- python {{ python }}\n',
+      '- setuptools {{ setuptools }}\n',
+      '- toolchain {{ toolchain }}\n',
+      "- {{ compiler('c') }}\n",
+      "- {{ compiler('cxx') }}\n",
+  ]
+  requires_compilers = 'toolchain' in host_text or build_text
   for line in already_build:
-    build_text = build_text.replace(line, '')
-  build_text = build_text.strip()
-  if build_text:
-    build_text = '    ' + build_text + '\n'
-    build_text = add_variant(build_text, star=False)
-  final_recipe = final_recipe.replace('    <HOST_DEPS>\n', build_text)
+    host_text = host_text.replace(line, '')
+  host_text = host_text.strip()
+  if host_text:
+    host_text = '    ' + host_text + '\n'
+    host_text = add_variant(host_text, star=False)
+  final_recipe = final_recipe.replace('    <HOST_DEPS>\n', host_text)
   if requires_compilers:
     final_recipe = final_recipe.replace('  <BUILD_DEPS>\n', '''  build:
-  - {{ compiler('c')}}
-  - {{ compiler('cxx')}}
+    - {{ compiler('c')}}
+    - {{ compiler('cxx')}}
 ''')
   else:
     final_recipe = final_recipe.replace('  <BUILD_DEPS>\n', '')
 
   run_text = requirements_text[i2 + 5:]
-  for line in already_build[:2]:
+  for line in already_build[:2] + RUN_EXPORTS:
     run_text = run_text.replace(line, '')
   run_text = run_text.strip()
   run_text = '    ' + run_text + '\n' if run_text else run_text
@@ -128,6 +144,9 @@ def migrate(template_recipe_path, old_recipe_path, build_variant_path,
   if test_requires:
     test_requires = '    ' + test_requires + '\n'
     test_requires = add_variant(test_requires)
+  if recipe.name() == 'bob.buildout':
+    final_recipe = final_recipe.replace(
+        '    - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*\n', '')
   final_recipe = final_recipe.replace(
       '    <TEST_DEPS>\n', test_requires)
   final_recipe = final_recipe.replace(
diff --git a/conda/migrate.sh b/conda/migrate.sh
index 66512dd222c7d12d82793c26424044e97c337049..99142af81e45eab7c5bf3cd2ef825273bd274dd9 100755
--- a/conda/migrate.sh
+++ b/conda/migrate.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ bob.ip.flandmark \
     echo "record.txt" >> .gitignore
 
     subl conda/meta.yaml
+    export BOB_PACKAGE_VERSION=`cat version.txt | tr -d '\n'`
     conda build -m ../../gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml --python=2.7 conda
 
     git add -A
diff --git a/gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml b/gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml
index 7e8ba9b2e87f580cc0fd798487b2089120298cab..58c91c02f180f039f365720281b1ae41a7769faa 100644
--- a/gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/gitlab/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ zip_keys:
 # expected in our conda build process.
 # Ideally we want to build and test against older versions of dependencies.
 # Most of the pin numbers come from the anaconda package.
+bob_devel:
+  - 2018.01.16
 
 ## the dependencies that we build against multiple versions
 # we build for an old version of numpy for forward compatibility
diff --git a/templates/meta.yaml b/templates/meta.yaml
index 58407caa9c41eac98ac02b854befb7531c136eef..c0ae4772e909dcc5304c041ec92e99c042a42a23 100644
--- a/templates/meta.yaml
+++ b/templates/meta.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ test:
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
   requires:
+    - bob-devel {{ bob_devel }}.*
     - nose {{ nose }}.*
     - coverage {{ coverage }}.*
     - sphinx {{ sphinx }}.*