diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 9329043a22dd9a9c2364269030278f338095f901..bdd1dbd0605ecd2ca43009efb2a533693e7a7162 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -437,6 +437,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         logger.warn('See https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/merge_requests/112')
         os.unlink('.gitignore')
     #### END OF HACK
+        
+    #### HACK that avoids this issue: https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767
+    if os.path.exists('LICENSE') and os.path.exists('conda'):
+        logger.warn('Creating symlink in `./conda` to avoid issue with conda build (https://github.com/conda/conda-build/issues/3767)')
+        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")
+        recipe = open("./conda/meta.yaml").readlines() 
+        recipe = [l.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")
 
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 059b56586d28fbb0e1f9c2173317cf6c86c062ce..64127318c18c2088fa51081952271dec52126fb0 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -111,3 +111,4 @@ about:
   license: BSD 3-Clause
   summary: Tools for development and CI integration of Bob packages
   license_family: BSD
+  license_file: ../LICENSE