diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/cnpy/all/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..faa97ba1ac412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+project(cmake_wrapper)
+
+include(conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()
+
+set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS TRUE)
+
+add_subdirectory("source_subfolder")
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/cnpy/all/conandata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..953d832ba545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/conandata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+sources:
+  "cci.20180601":
+    url: "https://github.com/rogersce/cnpy/archive/4e8810b1a8637695171ed346ce68f6984e585ef4.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "5120abc54a564efa92c642cc0199cc4fd3f345901157de9fbbdcedbb34d28d8a"
+patches:
+  "cci.20180601":
+    - patch_file: "patches/0001-exclude-example.patch"
+      base_path: "source_subfolder"
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/cnpy/all/conanfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..794d778b22da5
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+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/conanfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import os
+import glob
+
+from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+
+class CnpyConan(ConanFile):
+    name = "cnpy"
+    description = "library to read/write .npy and .npz files in C/C++"
+    license = "MIT"
+    topics = ("conan", "cnpy")
+    homepage = "https://github.com/hongyx11/cnpy"
+    url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
+    exports_sources = ["CMakeLists.txt", "patches/*"]
+    generators = "cmake", "cmake_find_package"
+    settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
+    _cmake = None
+
+    options = {
+        "shared": [True, False],
+        "fPIC": [True, False]
+    }
+    default_options = {
+        "shared": False,
+        "fPIC": True
+    }
+
+    @property
+    def _source_subfolder(self):
+        return "source_subfolder"
+
+    @property
+    def _build_subfolder(self):
+        return "build_subfolder"
+
+    def config_options(self):
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            del self.options.fPIC
+
+    def configure(self):
+        if self.options.shared:
+            del self.options.fPIC
+
+    def requirements(self):
+        self.requires("zlib/1.2.11")
+
+    def source(self):
+        tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
+        extracted_dir = glob.glob(self.name + "-*")[0]
+        os.rename(extracted_dir, self._source_subfolder)
+
+    def build(self):
+        for patch in self.conan_data.get("patches", {}).get(self.version, []):
+            tools.patch(**patch)
+        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def _configure_cmake(self):
+        if self._cmake:
+            return self._cmake
+        self._cmake = CMake(self)
+        self._cmake.definitions["ENABLE_STATIC"] = not self.options.shared
+        self._cmake.configure(build_folder=self._build_subfolder)
+        return self._cmake
+
+    def package(self):
+        self.copy("LICENSE", dst="licenses", src=self._source_subfolder)
+        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
+        cmake.install()
+
+    def package_info(self):
+        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package"] = "cnpy"
+        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package_multi"] = "cnpy"
+        self.cpp_info.libs = ["cnpy"]
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/patches/0001-exclude-example.patch b/recipes/cnpy/all/patches/0001-exclude-example.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f39f242261c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/patches/0001-exclude-example.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 9eb550f..d57c6dd 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -5,26 +5,17 @@ endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
+ 
+ project(CNPY)
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
+-
+-option(ENABLE_STATIC "Build static (.a) library" ON)
+-
+ find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+ 
+ include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ 
+-add_library(cnpy SHARED "cnpy.cpp")
++add_library(cnpy "cnpy.cpp")
+ target_link_libraries(cnpy ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
+-install(TARGETS "cnpy" LIBRARY DESTINATION lib PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+-
+-if(ENABLE_STATIC)
+-    add_library(cnpy-static STATIC "cnpy.cpp")
+-    set_target_properties(cnpy-static PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "cnpy")
+-    install(TARGETS "cnpy-static" ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+-endif(ENABLE_STATIC)
++set_property(TARGET cnpy PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
++install(TARGETS "cnpy"
++       	LIBRARY DESTINATION lib PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE
++        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
++	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+ 
+ install(FILES "cnpy.h" DESTINATION include)
+-install(FILES "mat2npz" "npy2mat" "npz2mat" DESTINATION bin PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+ 
+-add_executable(example1 example1.cpp)
+-target_link_libraries(example1 cnpy)
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9145952903057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
+project(test_package CXX)
+
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} example1.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${CONAN_LIBS})
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/conanfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ea57a464900be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import os
+
+from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+
+class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    generators = "cmake"
+
+    def build(self):
+        cmake = CMake(self)
+        cmake.configure()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def test(self):
+        if not tools.cross_building(self.settings):
+            bin_path = os.path.join("bin", "test_package")
+            self.run(bin_path, run_environment=True)
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/example1.cpp b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/example1.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..99a4af4d04a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/all/test_package/example1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include<vector>
+#include"cnpy.h"
+
+int main() {
+    const size_t Nx = 16;
+    const size_t Ny = 16;
+    const size_t Nz = 16;
+
+    std::vector<double> data(Nx*Ny*Nz);
+    for(int i = 0;i < Nx*Ny*Nz;i++) data[i] = rand();
+    cnpy::npy_save("arr1.npy",&data[0],{Nz,Ny,Nx},"w");
+    cnpy::NpyArray arr = cnpy::npy_load("arr1.npy");
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/recipes/cnpy/config.yml b/recipes/cnpy/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6a02f84aa19d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/cnpy/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+versions:
+  "cci.20180601":
+    folder: all