diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/abseil/all/conandata.yml
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+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/conandata.yml
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+sources:
+  "20200205":
+    sha256: 3c554df4909c5c55a6d251f6eadc2c78ff20db5ad4471fd9cbf8085c51b76797
+    url: https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/08a7e7bf972c8451855a5022f2faf3d3655db015.tar.gz
diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py
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index 0000000000000..243a0b7ca6426
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+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/conanfile.py
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+import os
+import glob
+from conans import ConanFile, CMake, tools
+from conans.errors import ConanInvalidConfiguration, ConanException
+
+
+class ConanRecipe(ConanFile):
+    name = "abseil"
+
+    description = "Abseil Common Libraries (C++) from Google"
+    topics = ("algorithm", "container", "google", "common", "utility")
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp"
+    url = "https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index"
+
+    license = "Apache-2.0"
+
+    settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
+
+    options = {"fPIC": [True, False]}
+    default_options = {"fPIC": True}
+
+    generators = "cmake"
+    short_paths = True
+
+    @property
+    def _source_subfolder(self):
+        return "source_subfolder"
+
+    def source(self):
+        tools.get(**self.conan_data["sources"][self.version])
+        extracted_dir = glob.glob('abseil-cpp-*/')[0]
+        os.rename(extracted_dir, self._source_subfolder)
+        tools.replace_in_file(
+            os.path.join(self._source_subfolder, "CMakeLists.txt"),
+            "project(absl CXX)", """project(absl CXX)
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()""")
+
+    def config_options(self):
+        if self.settings.os == "Windows":
+            del self.options.fPIC
+
+    def configure(self):
+        minimal_cpp_standard = "11"
+
+        try:
+            tools.check_min_cppstd(self, minimal_cpp_standard)
+        except ConanInvalidConfiguration:
+            raise
+        except ConanException:
+            # FIXME: We need to handle the case when Conan doesn't know
+            # about a user defined compiler's default standard version
+            self.output.warn(
+                "Unnable to determine the default standard version of the compiler")
+
+        minimal_version = {
+            "Visual Studio": "14",
+        }
+
+        compiler = str(self.settings.compiler)
+        if compiler not in minimal_version:
+            self.output.warn(
+                "%s recipe lacks information about the %s compiler support" % (self.name, compiler))
+            self.output.warn(
+                "%s requires a compiler that supports at least C++%s" % (self.name, minimal_cpp_standard))
+            return
+
+        version = tools.Version(self.settings.compiler.version)
+        if version < minimal_version[compiler]:
+            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(
+                "%s requires at least %s %s" % (self.name, compiler, minimal_version[compiler]))
+
+    def _configure_cmake(self):
+        cmake = CMake(self)
+        cmake.definitions["BUILD_TESTING"] = False
+        cmake.configure(
+            source_folder=self._source_subfolder
+        )
+        return cmake
+
+    def build(self):
+        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def package(self):
+        self.copy("LICENSE", dst="licenses", src=self._source_subfolder)
+        cmake = self._configure_cmake()
+        cmake.install()
+        tools.rmdir(os.path.join(self.package_folder, "lib", "cmake"))
+
+    def package_info(self):
+        self.cpp_info.libs = [
+            "absl_flags_parse",
+            "absl_flags_usage",
+            "absl_flags_usage_internal",
+            "absl_flags",
+            "absl_flags_internal",
+            "absl_flags_registry",
+            "absl_flags_config",
+            "absl_flags_program_name",
+            "absl_flags_marshalling",
+            "absl_raw_hash_set",
+            "absl_random_seed_sequences",
+            "absl_hashtablez_sampler",
+            "absl_synchronization",
+            "absl_time",
+            "absl_civil_time",
+            "absl_time_zone",
+            "absl_failure_signal_handler",
+            "absl_random_internal_distribution_test_util",
+            "absl_examine_stack",
+            "absl_symbolize",
+            "absl_str_format_internal",
+            "absl_graphcycles_internal",
+            "absl_stacktrace",
+            "absl_malloc_internal",
+            "absl_demangle_internal",
+            "absl_debugging_internal",
+            "absl_periodic_sampler",
+            "absl_exponential_biased",
+            "absl_random_internal_pool_urbg",
+            "absl_random_distributions",
+            "absl_random_internal_seed_material",
+            "absl_random_seed_gen_exception",
+            "absl_hash",
+            "absl_strings",
+            "absl_strings_internal",
+            "absl_bad_variant_access",
+            "absl_throw_delegate",
+            "absl_city",
+            "absl_base",
+            "absl_dynamic_annotations",
+            "absl_bad_any_cast_impl",
+            "absl_scoped_set_env",
+            "absl_bad_optional_access",
+            "absl_raw_logging_internal",
+            "absl_log_severity",
+            "absl_spinlock_wait",
+            "absl_random_internal_randen",
+            "absl_random_internal_randen_hwaes",
+            "absl_random_internal_randen_slow",
+            "absl_random_internal_randen_hwaes_impl",
+            "absl_leak_check",
+            "absl_leak_check_disable",
+            "absl_int128"
+        ]
+        if self.settings.os == "Linux":
+            self.cpp_info.system_libs.append("pthread")
+        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package"] = "absl"
+        self.cpp_info.names["cmake_find_package_multi"] = "absl"
diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..58e19858a5148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2.0)
+project(test_package CXX)
+
+# We set it only for the convenience of calling the executable
+# in the package test function
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
+conan_basic_setup()
+
+find_package(absl REQUIRED CONFIG)
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)
+# Note: Conan 1.21 doesn't support granular target generation yet.
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} absl::absl)
diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/conanfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b631a14a79607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/conanfile.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from conans import ConanFile, CMake
+import os
+
+
+class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
+    settings = "os", "compiler", "build_type", "arch"
+    generators = "cmake", "cmake_find_package_multi"
+
+    def build(self):
+        cmake = CMake(self)
+        cmake.configure()
+        cmake.build()
+
+    def test(self):
+        bin_path = os.path.join("bin", "test_package")
+        self.run("%s -s" % bin_path, run_environment=True)
diff --git a/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/main.cpp b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0cdc47cb3c724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/abseil/all/test_package/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
+#include "absl/strings/str_split.h"
+#include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
+#include "absl/container/flat_hash_set.h"
+#include "absl/numeric/int128.h"
+#include "absl/time/time.h"
+
+int main()
+{
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set1;
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map1;
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set2 = {
+        {"huey"},
+        {"dewey"},
+        {"louie"},
+    };
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map2 = {
+        {1, "huey"},
+        {2, "dewey"},
+        {3, "louie"},
+    };
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set3(set2);
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map3(map2);
+
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set4;
+    set4 = set3;
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map4;
+    map4 = map3;
+
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set5(std::move(set4));
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map5(std::move(map4));
+    absl::flat_hash_set<std::string> set6;
+    set6 = std::move(set5);
+    absl::flat_hash_map<int, std::string> map6;
+    map6 = std::move(map5);
+
+    const absl::uint128 big = absl::Uint128Max();
+    std::cout << absl::StrCat("Arg ", "foo", "\n");
+    std::vector<std::string> v = absl::StrSplit("a,b,,c", ',');
+
+    absl::Time t1 = absl::Now();
+    absl::Time t2 = absl::Time();
+    absl::Time t3 = absl::UnixEpoch();
+}
diff --git a/recipes/abseil/config.yml b/recipes/abseil/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d7a82ea6a23bf
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+++ b/recipes/abseil/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+versions:
+  "20200205":
+    folder: all