diff --git a/recipes/abyss/meta.yaml b/recipes/abyss/meta.yaml
index 52c22997b0da0..84d6315866eec 100644
--- a/recipes/abyss/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/abyss/meta.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ package:
 
 build:
   number: 2
+  run_exports:
+    - {{ pin_subpackage("abyss", max_pin="x") }}
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/bcgsc/abyss/releases/download/{{ version }}/abyss-{{ version }}.tar.gz