diff --git a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
index 361edeb2c..bac7141a9 100755
--- a/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/run_osx_build.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,25 @@ if [[ "${sha:-}" == "" ]]; then
   sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 fi
 
+if [[ "${OSX_SDK_DIR:-}" == "" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${CI:-}" == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Please set OSX_SDK_DIR to a directory where SDKs can be downloaded to. Aborting"
+    exit 1
+  else
+    export OSX_SDK_DIR=/opt/conda-sdks
+    /usr/bin/sudo mkdir -p "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+    /usr/bin/sudo chown "${USER}" "${OSX_SDK_DIR}"
+  fi
+else
+  if tmpf=$(mktemp -p "$OSX_SDK_DIR" tmp.XXXXXXXX 2>/dev/null); then
+      rm -f "$tmpf"
+      echo "OSX_SDK_DIR is writeable without sudo, continuing"
+  else
+      echo "User-provided OSX_SDK_DIR is not writeable for current user! Aborting"
+      exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
 echo -e "\n\nRunning the build setup script."
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78eed68b8..48d0ae387 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@ Current release info
 Installing python
 =================
 
-Installing `python` from the `conda-forge` channel can be achieved by adding `conda-forge` to your channels with:
+Installing `python` from the `conda-forge/label/python_debug` channel can be achieved by adding `conda-forge/label/python_debug` to your channels with:
 
 ```
-conda config --add channels conda-forge
+conda config --add channels conda-forge/label/python_debug
 conda config --set channel_priority strict
 ```
 
-Once the `conda-forge` channel has been enabled, `cpython, libpython-static, python, python-freethreading, python-gil, python-jit` can be installed with `conda`:
+Once the `conda-forge/label/python_debug` channel has been enabled, `cpython, libpython-static, python, python-freethreading, python-gil, python-jit` can be installed with `conda`:
 
 ```
 conda install cpython libpython-static python python-freethreading python-gil python-jit
@@ -257,26 +257,26 @@ mamba install cpython libpython-static python python-freethreading python-gil py
 It is possible to list all of the versions of `cpython` available on your platform with `conda`:
 
 ```
-conda search cpython --channel conda-forge
+conda search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
 ```
 
 or with `mamba`:
 
 ```
-mamba search cpython --channel conda-forge
+mamba search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
 ```
 
 Alternatively, `mamba repoquery` may provide more information:
 
 ```
 # Search all versions available on your platform:
-mamba repoquery search cpython --channel conda-forge
+mamba repoquery search cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
 
 # List packages depending on `cpython`:
-mamba repoquery whoneeds cpython --channel conda-forge
+mamba repoquery whoneeds cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
 
 # List dependencies of `cpython`:
-mamba repoquery depends cpython --channel conda-forge
+mamba repoquery depends cpython --channel conda-forge/label/python_debug
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/recipe/build_base.sh b/recipe/build_base.sh
index a376602ca..6f48b68a7 100644
--- a/recipe/build_base.sh
+++ b/recipe/build_base.sh
@@ -395,10 +395,15 @@ if [[ ${target_platform} =~ .*linux.* ]]; then
   ln -sf ${PREFIX}/lib/libpython${VERABI}${SHLIB_EXT}.1.0 ${PREFIX}/lib/libpython${VERABI}${SHLIB_EXT}
 fi
 
-SYSCONFIG=$(find ${_buildd_static}/$(cat ${_buildd_static}/pybuilddir.txt) -name "_sysconfigdata*.py" -print0)
+# Use sysconfigdata and build-details.json from the shared build, as we want packages to prefer
+# linking against the shared library. Issue #565.
+BUILD_DIR=$(< ${_buildd_shared}/pybuilddir.txt)
+SYSCONFIG=$(find ${_buildd_shared}/${BUILD_DIR} -name "_sysconfigdata*.py" -print0)
 cat ${SYSCONFIG} | ${SYS_PYTHON} "${RECIPE_DIR}"/replace-word-pairs.py \
   "${_FLAGS_REPLACE[@]}"  \
     > ${PREFIX}/lib/python${VERABI_NO_DBG}/$(basename ${SYSCONFIG})
+BUILD_DETAILS=${_buildd_shared}/${BUILD_DIR}/build-details.json
+cp ${BUILD_DETAILS} ${PREFIX}/lib/python${VERABI_NO_DBG}/
 MAKEFILE=$(find ${PREFIX}/lib/python${VERABI_NO_DBG}/ -path "*config-*/Makefile" -print0)
 cp ${MAKEFILE} /tmp/Makefile-$$
 cat /tmp/Makefile-$$ | ${SYS_PYTHON} "${RECIPE_DIR}"/replace-word-pairs.py \
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index 1b26b7a00..aa305896e 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' %}
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ outputs:
       requires:
         - {{ stdlib('c') }}
         - {{ compiler('c') }}
+        - ripgrep
       commands:
         - VER=${PKG_VERSION%.*}    # [not win]
         - VERABI=${VER}            # [not win]
diff --git a/recipe/tests/prefix-replacement/build-and-test.sh b/recipe/tests/prefix-replacement/build-and-test.sh
index 633b741a3..851d74fa2 100644
--- a/recipe/tests/prefix-replacement/build-and-test.sh
+++ b/recipe/tests/prefix-replacement/build-and-test.sh
@@ -2,32 +2,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-if [[ "$PKG_NAME" == "libpython-static" ]]; then
-  # see bpo44182 for why -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib is added
-  ${CC} a.c $(python3-config --cflags) $(python3-config --embed --ldflags) -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib -o ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static
-  if [[ "$target_platform" == linux-* ]]; then
-    if ${READELF} -d ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static | rg libpython; then
-      echo "ERROR :: Embedded python linked to shared python library. It is expected to link to the static library."
-    fi
-  elif [[ "$target_platform" == osx-* ]]; then
-    if ${OTOOL} -l ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static | rg libpython; then
-      echo "ERROR :: Embedded python linked to shared python library. It is expected to link to the static library."
-    fi
-  fi
-  ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static
-
-  # I thought this would prefer the shared library for Python. I was wrong:
-  # EMBED_LDFLAGS=$(python3-config --ldflags)
-  # re='^(.*)(-lpython[^ ]*)(.*)$'
-  # if [[ ${EMBED_LDFLAGS} =~ $re ]]; then
-  #   EMBED_LDFLAGS="${BASH_REMATCH[1]} ${BASH_REMATCH[3]} -Wl,-Bdynamic ${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
-  # fi
-  # ${CC} a.c $(python3-config --cflags) ${EMBED_LDFLAGS} -o ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-shared
-
-  # Brute-force way of linking to the shared library, sorry!
-  rm -rf ${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib/libpython*.a
-fi
-
+# see bpo44182 for why -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib is added
 ${CC} a.c $(python3-config --cflags) \
     $(python3-config --embed --ldflags) \
     -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib -Wl,-rpath,${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib \
@@ -44,4 +19,24 @@ elif [[ "$target_platform" == osx-* ]]; then
 fi
 ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-shared
 
+if [[ "$PKG_NAME" == "libpython-static" ]]; then
+  # remove the shared library to force static linking
+  rm -f ${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib/libpython*.{so,dylib}
+
+  ${CC} a.c $(python3-config --cflags) \
+      $(python3-config --embed --ldflags) \
+      -L${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib -Wl,-rpath,${CONDA_PREFIX}/lib \
+      -o ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static
+  if [[ "$target_platform" == linux-* ]]; then
+    if ${READELF} -d ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static | rg libpython; then
+      echo "ERROR :: Embedded python linked to shared python library. It is expected to link to the static library."
+    fi
+  elif [[ "$target_platform" == osx-* ]]; then
+    if ${OTOOL} -l ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static | rg libpython; then
+      echo "ERROR :: Embedded python linked to shared python library. It is expected to link to the static library."
+    fi
+  fi
+  ${CONDA_PREFIX}/bin/embedded-python-static
+fi
+
 set +x