diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 726e61a..f47e81a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ cover/*
 MANIFEST
 
 # Per-project virtualenvs
+venv*/
 .venv*/
 .conda*/
 .python-version
diff --git a/oryx-build-commands.txt b/oryx-build-commands.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d647bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oryx-build-commands.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PlatformWithVersion=Python 
+BuildCommands=conda env create --file environment.yml --prefix ./venv --quiet