diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5546109d683ccd04026e4f935413ee7800c1a690..ce29162c35a3eba649a8d13d4791bc7e60d7171f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ variables:
 
 test:meson:
   script:
-    - python -m pip install meson ninja conan
-    - meson build
-    - meson test -C build --print-errorlogs
+    - python -m pip install conan
+    - conan create .
+    # - meson test -C build --print-errorlogs
   tags:
     - mfix-exa
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f67595e329ee4dbead9cde5d7938004b7fcca42..356e8e0b98c78e327065bece013c11d7beb81237 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ find_program(CONAN_FOUND conan)
 if(CONAN_FOUND)
   message(STATUS "Using conan found at: ${CONAN_FOUND}")
   include(conan.cmake)
-  conan_cmake_run(CONANFILE conanfile.txt
+  conan_cmake_run(CONANFILE conanfile.py
     BASIC_SETUP CMAKE_TARGETS)
 else()
   message(WARNING "Did not find conan in PATH. Will try download it with PMM <https://github.com/vector-of-bool/pmm>")
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..74b382e3e824d629bdae1879c98d79c3473f8581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from conans import ConanFile, Meson, tools
+
+
+class CsgEbConan(ConanFile):
+    name = "csg-eb"
+    version = "0.1"
+    license = "<Put the package license here>"
+    author = "Deepak Rangarajan <Deepak.Rangarajan@netl.doe.gov>"
+    url = "https://mfix.netl.doe.gov/gitlab/exa/csg-eb"
+    description = "Library for reading CSG geometry files"
+    topics = ("<Put some tag here>", "<here>", "<and here>")
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    options = {"shared": [True, False]}
+    default_options = {"shared": False}
+    generators = "pkg_config"
+    requires = "catch2/2.12.2", "cgal/5.0.2", "taocpp-pegtl/2.8.3"
+    build_requires = "meson/0.54.2"
+    exports_sources = "meson.build", "include/*", "src/*"
+
+    def build(self):
+        meson = Meson(self)
+        meson.configure(build_folder="build")
+        meson.build()
+
+    def package(self):
+        self.copy("*.h", dst="include", src="csg-eb")
+        self.copy("*.a", dst="lib", keep_path=False)
+
+    def package_info(self):
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["csg-eb"]
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bc0cd172c1c8b7df82c16c0521d75bf8b9fda232..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-[requires]
-catch2/2.12.2
-cgal/5.0.2
-taocpp-pegtl/2.8.3
-
-[generators]
-pkg_config
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 22344fe4e6b2393a6a25a57144cb161eb671191f..000b0fc1c026d425287b94758b50380c6ad41489 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-project('csg-eb', 'cpp',
-        version : '0.1',
-        default_options : [
-            'warning_level=3',
-            'pkg_config_path=' + meson.build_root(),
-            'cpp_std=c++2a'])
-
-run_command('conan', 'install', '--install-folder', meson.build_root(),
-            meson.current_source_dir(), check: true)
+project(
+  'csg-eb', 'cpp',
+  version : '0.1',
+  default_options : [
+    'warning_level=3',
+    'cpp_std=c++17'
+  ]
+)
 
 pegtl = dependency('taocpp-pegtl', method: 'pkg-config')
 catch2 = dependency('catch2', method: 'pkg-config')