diff --git a/recipes/rethinkdb-python/meta.yaml b/recipes/rethinkdb-python/meta.yaml
index 0ffc495b8b1c8..445be203ba957 100644
--- a/recipes/rethinkdb-python/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/rethinkdb-python/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% set name = "rethinkdb-python" %}
 {% set version = "2.4.10" %}
+{% set python_min = python_min|default("3.6") %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -12,18 +13,19 @@ source:
 build:
   number: 0
   script: {{ PYTHON }} -m pip install . -vv
-  skip: true  # [win]
+  noarch: python
 
 requirements:
   host:
     - looseversion
     - pip
-    - python
+    - python {{ python_min }}
     - setuptools
     - six
   run:
+    - __unix  # to skip win, as a noarch package
     - looseversion
-    - python
+    - python >={{ python_min }}
     - six
     - tornado
     - trio
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ test:
     - pip check
   requires:
     - pip
-    - python
+    - python {{ python_min }}
 
 about:
   home: https://rethinkdb.com/api/python/