diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/flit-core/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/flit-core/recipe.yaml
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+context:
+  version: "3.12.0"
+
+package:
+  name: flit-core
+  version: ${{ version }}
+
+source:
+- url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/f/flit-core/flit_core-${{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 18f63100d6f94385c6ed57a72073443e1a71a4acb4339491615d0f16d6ff01b2
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+  noarch: generic
+  script: ${PYTHON} -m pip install . --no-deps ${PIP_ARGS}
+
+  files:
+    exclude:
+    - '**/__pycache__/**'
+    - '**/*.pyc'
+    - '**/test_*.py'
+  python:
+    skip_pyc_compilation:
+    - '**/*.py'
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+  - cross-python_${{ target_platform }}
+  - python
+  - pip
+  host:
+  - python
+  run:
+  - python
+
+tests:
+- script: pytester
+  files:
+    recipe:
+    - test_flit_core.py
+  requirements:
+    build:
+    - pytester
+    run:
+    - pytester-run
+
+about:
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  summary: Distribution-building parts of Flit
+  homepage: https://github.com/pypa/flit
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+  - Alex-PLACET
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/flit-core/test_flit_core.py b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/flit-core/test_flit_core.py
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+def test_import_flit_core():
+    import flit_core