diff --git a/recipe/build_base.bat b/recipe/build_base.bat
index dab985aac..028de2629 100644
--- a/recipe/build_base.bat
+++ b/recipe/build_base.bat
@@ -174,13 +174,15 @@ for %%x in (idle pydoc) do (
 
 :: Populate the libs directory
 dir %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\
-if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python%VERNODOTS%%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python%VERNODOTS%%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\lib\
-if errorlevel 1 exit 1
-if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python3%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python3%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\lib\
-if errorlevel 1 exit 1
-if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\_tkinter%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\_tkinter%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\lib\
-if errorlevel 1 exit 1
-
+for %%x in (lib libs) do (
+  mkdir %PREFIX%\%%x
+  if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python%VERNODOTS%%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python%VERNODOTS%%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\%%x\
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+  if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python3%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\python3%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\%%x\
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+  if exist %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\_tkinter%THREAD%%_D%.lib copy /Y %SRC_DIR%\PCbuild\%HOST_DIR%\_tkinter%THREAD%%_D%.lib %PREFIX%\%%x\
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+)
 
 :: Populate the lib directory
 del %PREFIX%\lib\libpython*.a
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 4604385f4..5635714e0 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {% set ver2 = '.'.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver2nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:2]) %}
 {% set ver3nd = ''.join(version.split('.')[0:3]) %}
-{% set build_number = 0 %}
+{% set build_number = 1 %}
 
 # this makes the linter happy
 {% set channel_targets = channel_targets or 'conda-forge main' %}