diff --git a/conda/recipe/build.sh b/conda/recipe/build.sh
index cc293919f4ba4c6f3def4823e145cead41b4fac1..a50f73b16ebf3409d3dcab755787e3c66b143db9 100644
--- a/conda/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipe/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 env | sort
 
 # GB: install xdrfile library
-wget ftp://ftp.gromacs.org/pub/contrib/xdrfile-1.1.4.tar.gz
+wget http://ftp.gromacs.org/pub/contrib/xdrfile-1.1.4.tar.gz
 tar xzf xdrfile-1.1.4.tar.gz
 cd xdrfile-1.1.4
 ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-shared
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cd ../
 
 # TODO: re-enable them and see. Also to do: install docs?
 
-./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-shared --disable-python --disable-zlib --disable-external-lapack --disable-external-blas
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-shared --disable-python --disable-zlib --disable-external-lapack --disable-external-blas LDFLAGS=-L$PREFIX/lib
 make -j4
 make install