diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 04ad21b5..7f5c3634 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 BSD 3-clause license
-Copyright (c) conda-forge
+Copyright (c) 2015-2017, conda-forge
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
diff --git a/ci_support/fast_finish_ci_pr_build.sh b/ci_support/fast_finish_ci_pr_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..463c27fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci_support/fast_finish_ci_pr_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/conda-forge/conda-forge-build-setup-feedstock/master/recipe/ff_ci_pr_build.py | \
+     python - -v --ci "circle" "${CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME}/${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}" "${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM}" "${CIRCLE_PR_NUMBER}"
diff --git a/ci_support/run_docker_build.sh b/ci_support/run_docker_build.sh
index 3ac58c47..5c1bacb5 100755
--- a/ci_support/run_docker_build.sh
+++ b/ci_support/run_docker_build.sh
@@ -24,14 +24,30 @@ show_channel_urls: true
 CONDARC
 )
 
+# In order for the conda-build process in the container to write to the mounted
+# volumes, we need to run with the same id as the host machine, which is
+# normally the owner of the mounted volumes, or at least has write permission
+HOST_USER_ID=$(id -u)
+# Check if docker-machine is being used (normally on OSX) and get the uid from
+# the VM
+if hash docker-machine 2> /dev/null && docker-machine active > /dev/null; then
+    HOST_USER_ID=$(docker-machine ssh $(docker-machine active) id -u)
+fi
+
+rm -f "$FEEDSTOCK_ROOT/build_artefacts/conda-forge-build-done"
+
 cat << EOF | docker run -i \
                         -v "${RECIPE_ROOT}":/recipe_root \
                         -v "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}":/feedstock_root \
+                        -e HOST_USER_ID="${HOST_USER_ID}" \
                         -a stdin -a stdout -a stderr \
                         condaforge/linux-anvil \
-                        bash || exit $?
+                        bash || exit 1
 
+set -e
+set +x
 export BINSTAR_TOKEN=${BINSTAR_TOKEN}
+set -x
 export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
 echo "$config" > ~/.condarc
@@ -44,4 +60,11 @@ source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 # Embarking on 1 case(s).
     conda build /recipe_root --quiet || exit 1
     upload_or_check_non_existence /recipe_root conda-forge --channel=main || exit 1
+touch /feedstock_root/build_artefacts/conda-forge-build-done
 EOF
+
+# double-check that the build got to the end
+# see https://github.com/conda-forge/conda-smithy/pull/337
+# for a possible fix
+set -x
+test -f "$FEEDSTOCK_ROOT/build_artefacts/conda-forge-build-done" || exit 1
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 0c5dcdfe..421809c1 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 checkout:
   post:
+    - ./ci_support/fast_finish_ci_pr_build.sh
     - ./ci_support/checkout_merge_commit.sh
 
 machine:
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index cfed335d..edbffaaa 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% set version = "5.3.3" %}
+{% set variant = "openblas" %}
 
 package:
   name: gmt
@@ -10,8 +11,10 @@ source:
   sha256: b5e592d7482de5dee06268a0a048949f5cf626ef67b0419515ce3d14f4aa82c6
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   skip: True  # [win or osx]
+  features:
+    - blas_{{ variant }}
 
 requirements:
   build:
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ requirements:
     - libnetcdf 4.4.*
     - hdf5 1.8.17|1.8.17.*
     - zlib 1.2.*
+    - blas 1.1 {{ variant }}
   run:
     - fftw
     - gdal 2.1.*
@@ -29,6 +33,7 @@ requirements:
     - libnetcdf 4.4.*
     - hdf5 1.8.17|1.8.17.*
     - zlib 1.2.*
+    - blas 1.1 {{ variant }}
 
 test:
   commands: