diff --git a/projects/zeromq.org/fixture.c b/projects/zeromq.org/fixture.c
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+#include <assert.h>
+#include <zmq.h>
+int main() {
+  zmq_msg_t query;
+  assert(0 == zmq_msg_init_size(&query, 1));
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/projects/zeromq.org/package.yml b/projects/zeromq.org/package.yml
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+distributable:
+  url: https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v4.3.4/zeromq-4.3.4.tar.gz
+  strip-components: 1
+
+versions:
+  github: zeromq/libzmq/releases/tags
+
+build:
+  dependencies:
+    tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
+    tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
+  script: |
+    ./configure $ARGS
+    make --jobs {{hw.concurrency}} install
+  env:
+    ARGS:
+    - --disable-Werror  # fails to build due to deprecations
+    - --disable-debug
+    - --prefix={{prefix}}
+    - --without-docs
+
+test:
+  dependencies:
+    tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
+    freedesktop.org/pkg-config: '*'
+  script: |
+    cc fixture.c -lzmq
+    ./a.out
+    pkg-config libzmq --cflags
+    pkg-config libzmq --libs