diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
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+using BinaryProvider # requires BinaryProvider 0.3.0 or later
+include("compile.jl")
+
+# env var to force compilation from source, for testing purposes
+const forcecompile = get(ENV, "FORCE_COMPILE_ZMQ", "no") == "yes"
+
+# Parse some basic command-line arguments
+const verbose = "--verbose" in ARGS || forcecompile
+const prefix = Prefix(get([a for a in ARGS if a != "--verbose"], 1, joinpath(@__DIR__, "usr")))
+products = [
+    LibraryProduct(prefix, String["libzmq"], :libzmq),
+]
+
+# Download binaries from hosted location
+bin_prefix = "https://github.com/analyzere/ZMQ.jl/releases/download/v9.9.9/"
+#bin_prefix = "https://github.com/JuliaInterop/ZMQBuilder/releases/download/v4.2.5+6"
+
+# Listing of files generated by BinaryBuilder:
+download_info = Dict(
+    Linux(:x86_64, :glibc) => ("$bin_prefix/zeromq-4.2.5.tar.gz", "781efaef87984d542a44d41979ae00eb7a657f823fa40477accd19b7f9d9024a"),
+)
+
+# source code tarball and hash for fallback compilation
+source_url = "https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/releases/download/v4.2.5/zeromq-4.2.5.tar.gz"
+source_hash = "cc9090ba35713d59bb2f7d7965f877036c49c5558ea0c290b0dcc6f2a17e489f"
+
+# Install unsatisfied or updated dependencies:
+unsatisfied = any(!satisfied(p; verbose=verbose) for p in products)
+if haskey(download_info, platform_key()) && !forcecompile
+    url, tarball_hash = download_info[platform_key()]
+    if !isinstalled(url, tarball_hash; prefix=prefix)
+        # Download and install binaries
+        install(url, tarball_hash; prefix=prefix, force=true, verbose=verbose)
+
+        # check again whether the dependency is satisfied, which
+        # may not be true if dlopen fails due to a libc++ incompatibility (#176)
+        unsatisfied = any(!satisfied(p; verbose=verbose) for p in products)
+    end
+end
+
+if unsatisfied || forcecompile
+    # Fall back to building from source, giving the library a different name
+    # so that it is not overwritten by BinaryBuilder downloads or vice-versa.
+    libname = "libzmq_from_source"
+    products = [ LibraryProduct(prefix, [libname], :libzmq) ]
+    source_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src.tar.gz")
+    if !isfile(source_path) || !verify(source_path, source_hash; verbose=verbose) || !satisfied(products[1]; verbose=verbose)
+        compile(libname, source_url, source_hash, prefix=prefix, verbose=verbose)
+    end
+end
+
+# Write out a deps.jl file that will contain mappings for our products
+write_deps_file(joinpath(@__DIR__, "deps.jl"), products)
diff --git a/deps/compile.jl b/deps/compile.jl
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+using BinaryProvider, Compat
+using Compat.Libdl: dlext
+
+function compile(libname, tarball_url, hash; prefix=BinaryProvider.global_prefix, verbose=false)
+    # download to tarball_path
+    tarball_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src.tar.gz")
+    download_verify(tarball_url, hash, tarball_path; force=true, verbose=verbose)
+
+    # unpack into source_path
+    tarball_dir = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", split(first(list_tarball_files(tarball_path)), '/')[1]) # e.g. "zeromq-4.2.5"
+    source_path = joinpath(prefix, "downloads", "src")
+    verbose && Compat.@info("Unpacking $tarball_path into $source_path")
+    rm(tarball_dir, force=true, recursive=true)
+    rm(source_path, force=true, recursive=true)
+    unpack(tarball_path, dirname(tarball_dir); verbose=verbose)
+    mv(tarball_dir, source_path)
+
+    install_dir = joinpath(source_path, "julia_install")
+    verbose && Compat.@info("Compiling in $source_path...")
+    cd(source_path) do
+        run(`./configure --prefix=$install_dir --without-docs --disable-libunwind --disable-perf --disable-eventfd --without-gcov --disable-curve-keygen`)
+        run(`make`)
+        run(`make install`)
+        mkpath(libdir(prefix))
+        cp("$install_dir/lib/libzmq.$dlext", joinpath(libdir(prefix), libname*"."*dlext),
+           remove_destination=true, follow_symlinks=true)
+    end
+end