diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index bdd1dbd0605ecd2ca43009efb2a533693e7a7162..ab937ef6f43d614479c3289c1f7cbf83d5689ea2 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -444,9 +444,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         logger.warn('Replacing ../LICENSE to LICENSE (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
         pwd = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
         os.symlink(f"{pwd}/LICENSE", f"{pwd}/conda/LICENSE")
+        if(os.path.exists('COPYING')):
+            os.symlink(f"{pwd}/COPYING", f"{pwd}/conda/COPYING")
         recipe = open("./conda/meta.yaml").readlines() 
-        recipe = [l.replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
+        recipe = [l.replace("../COPYING","COPYING").replace("../LICENSE","LICENSE") for l in recipe]
         open("./conda/meta.yaml", "wt").write(''.join(recipe))
+
+
+
     #### END OF HACK    
 
     condarc = os.path.join(args.conda_root, "condarc")