diff --git a/repo2docker/app.py b/repo2docker/app.py
index 3f13871b..83373ee3 100644
--- a/repo2docker/app.py
+++ b/repo2docker/app.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ from traitlets.config import Application
 from . import __version__
 from .buildpacks import (
     PythonBuildPack, DockerBuildPack, LegacyBinderDockerBuildPack,
-    CondaBuildPack, JuliaBuildPack, RBuildPack, NixBuildPack
+    CondaBuildPack, JuliaBuildPack, JuliaLegacyBuildPack, RBuildPack, NixBuildPack
 )
 from . import contentproviders
 from .utils import ByteSpecification, chdir
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class Repo2Docker(Application):
         [
             LegacyBinderDockerBuildPack,
             DockerBuildPack,
-            JuliaBuildPack,
+            JuliaLegacyBuildPack,
+            JuliaBuildPack,            
             NixBuildPack,
             RBuildPack,
             CondaBuildPack,
diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/__init__.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/__init__.py
index 1900a449..acfc0a71 100644
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/__init__.py
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from .base import BuildPack, BaseImage
 from .python import PythonBuildPack
 from .conda import CondaBuildPack
 from .julia import JuliaBuildPack
+from .julialegacy import JuliaLegacyBuildPack
 from .docker import DockerBuildPack
 from .legacy import LegacyBinderDockerBuildPack
 from .r import RBuildPack
diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df35fe75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia.py
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+"""Generates a Dockerfile based on an input matrix for Julia"""
+import os
+from .python import PythonBuildPack
+
+
+class JuliaBuildPack(PythonBuildPack):
+    """
+    Julia build pack which uses conda.
+    """
+
+    minor_julias = {
+        '1.0': '1.0.3',
+        '1.1': '1.1.0',
+    }
+    major_julias = {
+        '1': '1.1.0',
+    }
+
+    @property
+    def julia_version(self):
+        # TODO Read version out of the file
+        return self.major_julias['1']
+
+    def get_build_env(self):
+        """Get additional environment settings for Julia and Jupyter
+
+        Returns:
+            an ordered list of environment setting tuples
+
+            The tuples contain a string of the environment variable name and
+            a string of the environment setting:
+            - `JULIA_PATH`: base path where all Julia Binaries and libraries
+                will be installed
+            - `JULIA_HOME`: path where all Julia Binaries will be installed
+            - `JULIA_PKGDIR`: path where all Julia libraries will be installed
+            - `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`: path where Julia libraries are installed.
+                                  Similar to JULIA_PKGDIR, used in 1.0.
+            - `JULIA_VERSION`: default version of julia to be installed
+            - `JUPYTER`: environment variable required by IJulia to point to
+                the `jupyter` executable
+
+            For example, a tuple may be `('JULIA_VERSION', '0.6.0')`.
+
+        """
+        return super().get_build_env() + [
+            ('JULIA_PATH', '${APP_BASE}/julia'),
+            ('JULIA_HOME', '${JULIA_PATH}/bin'),  # julia <= 0.6
+            ('JULIA_BINDIR', '${JULIA_HOME}'),  # julia >= 0.7
+            ('JULIA_PKGDIR', '${JULIA_PATH}/pkg'),
+            ('JULIA_DEPOT_PATH', '${JULIA_PKGDIR}'), # julia >= 0.7
+            ('JULIA_VERSION', self.julia_version),
+            ('JUPYTER', '${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/bin/jupyter')
+        ]
+
+    def get_path(self):
+        """Adds path to Julia binaries to user's PATH.
+
+         Returns:
+             an ordered list of path strings. The path to the Julia
+             executable is added to the list.
+
+        """
+        return super().get_path() + ['${JULIA_HOME}']
+
+    def get_build_scripts(self):
+        """
+        Return series of build-steps common to "ALL" Julia repositories
+
+        All scripts found here should be independent of contents of a
+        particular repository.
+
+        This creates a directory with permissions for installing julia packages
+        (from get_assemble_scripts).
+
+        """
+        return super().get_build_scripts() + [
+            (
+                "root",
+                r"""
+                mkdir -p ${JULIA_PATH} && \
+                curl -sSL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C ${JULIA_PATH} --strip-components 1
+                """
+            ),
+            (
+                "root",
+                r"""
+                mkdir -p ${JULIA_PKGDIR} && \
+                chown ${NB_USER}:${NB_USER} ${JULIA_PKGDIR}
+                """
+            ),
+            (
+                "${NB_USER}",
+                # HACK: Can't seem to tell IJulia to install in sys-prefix
+                # FIXME: Find way to get it to install under /srv and not $HOME?
+                r"""
+                julia -e "using Pkg; Pkg.add(\"IJulia\"); using IJulia; installkernel(\"Julia\", \"--project=${REPO_DIR}\");" && \
+                mv ${HOME}/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}  ${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}
+                """
+            )
+        ]            
+
+    def get_assemble_scripts(self):
+        """
+        Return series of build-steps specific to "this" Julia repository
+
+        Instantiate and then precompile all packages in the repos julia
+        environment.
+        
+        The parent, CondaBuildPack, will add the build steps for
+        any needed Python packages found in environment.yml.
+        """
+        return super().get_assemble_scripts() + [
+            (
+                "${NB_USER}",
+                r"""
+                julia --project=. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate(); pkg"precompile"'
+                """
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def detect(self):
+        """
+        Check if current repo should be built with the Julia Build pack
+
+        super().detect() is not called in this function - it would return
+        false unless an `environment.yml` is present and we do not want to
+        require the presence of a `environment.yml` to use Julia.
+
+        Instead we just check if the path to `Project.toml` or
+        `JuliaProject.toml` exists.
+
+        """
+        return os.path.exists(self.binder_path('Project.toml')) or os.path.exists(self.binder_path('JuliaProject.toml'))
diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/__init__.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a88b9788..00000000
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,229 +0,0 @@
-"""Generates a Dockerfile based on an input matrix for Julia"""
-import os
-from ..python import PythonBuildPack
-
-
-class JuliaBuildPack(PythonBuildPack):
-    """
-    Julia build pack which uses conda.
-    """
-
-    minor_julias = {
-        '0.6': '0.6.4',
-        '0.7': '0.7.0',
-        '1.0': '1.0.3',
-        '1.1': '1.1.0',
-    }
-    major_julias = {
-        '1': '1.1.0',
-    }
-
-    @property
-    def julia_env_exists(self):
-        return os.path.exists(self.binder_path('Project.toml')) or os.path.exists(self.binder_path('JuliaProject.toml'))
-
-    @property
-    def julia_version(self):
-        if self.julia_env_exists:
-            # TODO Read version out of the file
-            return self.major_julias['1']
-        else:
-            require = self.binder_path('REQUIRE')
-            try:
-                with open(require) as f:
-                    julia_version_line = f.readline().strip()  # First line is optionally a julia version
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                julia_version_line = ''
-
-            if not julia_version_line.startswith('julia '):
-                # not a Julia version line.
-                # use the default Julia.
-                self._julia_version = self.minor_julias['0.6']
-                return self._julia_version
-
-            julia_version_info = julia_version_line.split(' ', 1)[1].split('.')
-            julia_version = ''
-            if len(julia_version_info) == 1:
-                julia_version = self.major_julias[julia_version_info[0]]
-            elif len(julia_version_info) == 2:
-                # get major.minor
-                julia_version = self.minor_julias['.'.join(julia_version_info)]
-            else:
-                # use supplied julia version
-                julia_version = '.'.join(julia_version_info)
-            self._julia_version = julia_version
-            return self._julia_version
-
-    def get_build_env(self):
-        """Get additional environment settings for Julia and Jupyter
-
-        Returns:
-            an ordered list of environment setting tuples
-
-            The tuples contain a string of the environment variable name and
-            a string of the environment setting:
-            - `JULIA_PATH`: base path where all Julia Binaries and libraries
-                will be installed
-            - `JULIA_HOME`: path where all Julia Binaries will be installed
-            - `JULIA_PKGDIR`: path where all Julia libraries will be installed
-            - `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`: path where Julia libraries are installed.
-                                  Similar to JULIA_PKGDIR, used in 1.x.
-            - `JULIA_VERSION`: default version of julia to be installed
-            - `JUPYTER`: environment variable required by IJulia to point to
-                the `jupyter` executable
-
-            For example, a tuple may be `('JULIA_VERSION', '0.6.0')`.
-
-        """
-        return super().get_build_env() + [
-            ('JULIA_PATH', '${APP_BASE}/julia'),
-            ('JULIA_HOME', '${JULIA_PATH}/bin'),  # julia <= 0.6
-            ('JULIA_BINDIR', '${JULIA_HOME}'),  # julia >= 0.7
-            ('JULIA_PKGDIR', '${JULIA_PATH}/pkg'),
-            ('JULIA_DEPOT_PATH', '${JULIA_PKGDIR}'), # julia >= 0.7
-            ('JULIA_VERSION', self.julia_version),
-            ('JUPYTER', '${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/bin/jupyter')
-        ]
-
-    def get_path(self):
-        """Adds path to Julia binaries to user's PATH.
-
-         Returns:
-             an ordered list of path strings. The path to the Julia
-             executable is added to the list.
-
-        """
-        return super().get_path() + ['${JULIA_HOME}']
-
-    def get_build_scripts(self):
-        """
-        Return series of build-steps common to "ALL" Julia repositories
-
-        All scripts found here should be independent of contents of a
-        particular repository.
-
-        This creates a directory with permissions for installing julia packages
-        (from get_assemble_scripts).
-
-        """
-        if self.julia_env_exists:
-            return super().get_build_scripts() + [
-                (
-                    "root",
-                    r"""
-                    mkdir -p ${JULIA_PATH} && \
-                    curl -sSL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C ${JULIA_PATH} --strip-components 1
-                    """
-                ),
-                (
-                    "root",
-                    r"""
-                    mkdir -p ${JULIA_PKGDIR} && \
-                    chown ${NB_USER}:${NB_USER} ${JULIA_PKGDIR}
-                    """
-                )
-            ]            
-        else:
-            return super().get_build_scripts() + [
-                (
-                    "root",
-                    r"""
-                    mkdir -p ${JULIA_PATH} && \
-                    curl -sSL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C ${JULIA_PATH} --strip-components 1
-                    """
-                ),
-                (
-                    "root",
-                    r"""
-                    mkdir -p ${JULIA_PKGDIR} && \
-                    chown ${NB_USER}:${NB_USER} ${JULIA_PKGDIR}
-                    """
-                ),
-                (
-                    "${NB_USER}",
-                    # HACK: Can't seem to tell IJulia to install in sys-prefix
-                    # FIXME: Find way to get it to install under /srv and not $HOME?
-                    r"""
-                    julia -e 'if (VERSION > v"0.7-") using Pkg; else Pkg.init(); end; Pkg.add("IJulia"); using IJulia;' && \
-                    mv ${HOME}/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}  ${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}
-                    """
-                )
-            ]
-
-    def get_assemble_scripts(self):
-        """
-        Return series of build-steps specific to "this" Julia repository
-
-        Precompile all Julia libraries found in the repository's REQUIRE
-        file. The parent, CondaBuildPack, will add the build steps for
-        any needed Python packages found in environment.yml.
-
-        """
-        if self.julia_env_exists:
-            return super().get_assemble_scripts() + [
-                (
-                    "${NB_USER}",
-                    # HACK: Can't seem to tell IJulia to install in sys-prefix
-                    # FIXME: Find way to get it to install under /srv and not $HOME?
-                    r"""
-                    julia -e "using Pkg; Pkg.add(\"IJulia\"); using IJulia; installkernel(\"Julia\", \"--project=${REPO_DIR}\");"
-                    """
-                ),
-                (
-                    "${NB_USER}",
-                    # HACK: Can't seem to tell IJulia to install in sys-prefix
-                    # FIXME: Find way to get it to install under /srv and not $HOME?
-                    r"""
-                    mv ${HOME}/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}  ${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}
-                    """
-                ),
-                (
-                    "${NB_USER}",
-                    # Install and pre-compile all libraries if they've opted into it.
-                    # In v0.6, Pkg.resolve() installs all the packages, but in v0.7+, we
-                    # have to manually Pkg.add() each of them (since the REQUIRES file
-                    # format is deprecated).
-                    # The precompliation is done via `using {libraryname}`.
-                    r"""
-                    julia --project=. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate(); pkg"precompile"'
-                    """
-                    # TODO: For some reason, `rm`ing the file fails with permission denied.
-                    # && rm /tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl
-                )
-            ]
-        else:
-            require = self.binder_path('REQUIRE')
-            return super().get_assemble_scripts() + [(
-                "${NB_USER}",
-                # Install and pre-compile all libraries if they've opted into it.
-                # In v0.6, Pkg.resolve() installs all the packages, but in v0.7+, we
-                # have to manually Pkg.add() each of them (since the REQUIRES file
-                # format is deprecated).
-                # The precompliation is done via `using {libraryname}`.
-                r"""
-                julia /tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl "%(require)s"
-                """ % {"require": require}
-                # TODO: For some reason, `rm`ing the file fails with permission denied.
-                # && rm /tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl
-            )]
-
-    def get_build_script_files(self):
-        files = {
-            'julia/install-repo-dependencies.jl': '/tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl',
-        }
-        files.update(super().get_build_script_files())
-        return files
-
-    def detect(self):
-        """
-        Check if current repo should be built with the Julia Build pack
-
-        super().detect() is not called in this function - it would return
-        false unless an `environment.yml` is present and we do not want to
-        require the presence of a `environment.yml` to use Julia.
-
-        Instead we just check if the path to `REQUIRE`, `Project.toml` or
-        `JuliaProject.toml` exists
-
-        """
-        return os.path.exists(self.binder_path('REQUIRE')) or self.julia_env_exists
diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/julialegacy/__init__.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julialegacy/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf71d229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julialegacy/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+"""Generates a Dockerfile based on an input matrix for Julia"""
+import os
+from ..python import PythonBuildPack
+
+
+class JuliaLegacyBuildPack(PythonBuildPack):
+    """
+    Julia build pack which uses conda.
+    """
+
+    minor_julias = {
+        '0.6': '0.6.4',
+        '0.7': '0.7.0',
+        '1.0': '1.0.3',
+        '1.1': '1.1.0',
+    }
+    major_julias = {
+        '1': '1.1.0',
+    }
+
+    @property
+    def julia_version(self):
+        require = self.binder_path('REQUIRE')
+        try:
+            with open(require) as f:
+                julia_version_line = f.readline().strip()  # First line is optionally a julia version
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            julia_version_line = ''
+
+        if not julia_version_line.startswith('julia '):
+            # not a Julia version line.
+            # use the default Julia.
+            self._julia_version = self.minor_julias['0.6']
+            return self._julia_version
+
+        julia_version_info = julia_version_line.split(' ', 1)[1].split('.')
+        julia_version = ''
+        if len(julia_version_info) == 1:
+            julia_version = self.major_julias[julia_version_info[0]]
+        elif len(julia_version_info) == 2:
+            # get major.minor
+            julia_version = self.minor_julias['.'.join(julia_version_info)]
+        else:
+            # use supplied julia version
+            julia_version = '.'.join(julia_version_info)
+        self._julia_version = julia_version
+        return self._julia_version
+
+    def get_build_env(self):
+        """Get additional environment settings for Julia and Jupyter
+
+        Returns:
+            an ordered list of environment setting tuples
+
+            The tuples contain a string of the environment variable name and
+            a string of the environment setting:
+            - `JULIA_PATH`: base path where all Julia Binaries and libraries
+                will be installed
+            - `JULIA_HOME`: path where all Julia Binaries will be installed
+            - `JULIA_PKGDIR`: path where all Julia libraries will be installed
+            - `JULIA_DEPOT_PATH`: path where Julia libraries are installed.
+                                  Similar to JULIA_PKGDIR, used in 1.x.
+            - `JULIA_VERSION`: default version of julia to be installed
+            - `JUPYTER`: environment variable required by IJulia to point to
+                the `jupyter` executable
+
+            For example, a tuple may be `('JULIA_VERSION', '0.6.0')`.
+
+        """
+        return super().get_build_env() + [
+            ('JULIA_PATH', '${APP_BASE}/julia'),
+            ('JULIA_HOME', '${JULIA_PATH}/bin'),  # julia <= 0.6
+            ('JULIA_BINDIR', '${JULIA_HOME}'),  # julia >= 0.7
+            ('JULIA_PKGDIR', '${JULIA_PATH}/pkg'),
+            ('JULIA_DEPOT_PATH', '${JULIA_PKGDIR}'), # julia >= 0.7
+            ('JULIA_VERSION', self.julia_version),
+            ('JUPYTER', '${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/bin/jupyter')
+        ]
+
+    def get_path(self):
+        """Adds path to Julia binaries to user's PATH.
+
+         Returns:
+             an ordered list of path strings. The path to the Julia
+             executable is added to the list.
+
+        """
+        return super().get_path() + ['${JULIA_HOME}']
+
+    def get_build_scripts(self):
+        """
+        Return series of build-steps common to "ALL" Julia repositories
+
+        All scripts found here should be independent of contents of a
+        particular repository.
+
+        This creates a directory with permissions for installing julia packages
+        (from get_assemble_scripts).
+
+        """
+        return super().get_build_scripts() + [
+            (
+                "root",
+                r"""
+                mkdir -p ${JULIA_PATH} && \
+                curl -sSL "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/linux/x64/${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}/julia-${JULIA_VERSION}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C ${JULIA_PATH} --strip-components 1
+                """
+            ),
+            (
+                "root",
+                r"""
+                mkdir -p ${JULIA_PKGDIR} && \
+                chown ${NB_USER}:${NB_USER} ${JULIA_PKGDIR}
+                """
+            ),
+            (
+                "${NB_USER}",
+                # HACK: Can't seem to tell IJulia to install in sys-prefix
+                # FIXME: Find way to get it to install under /srv and not $HOME?
+                r"""
+                julia -e 'if (VERSION > v"0.7-") using Pkg; else Pkg.init(); end; Pkg.add("IJulia"); using IJulia;' && \
+                mv ${HOME}/.local/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}  ${NB_PYTHON_PREFIX}/share/jupyter/kernels/julia-${JULIA_VERSION%[.-]*}
+                """
+            )
+        ]
+
+    def get_assemble_scripts(self):
+        """
+        Return series of build-steps specific to "this" Julia repository
+
+        Precompile all Julia libraries found in the repository's REQUIRE
+        file. The parent, CondaBuildPack, will add the build steps for
+        any needed Python packages found in environment.yml.
+
+        """
+        require = self.binder_path('REQUIRE')
+        return super().get_assemble_scripts() + [(
+            "${NB_USER}",
+            # Install and pre-compile all libraries if they've opted into it.
+            # In v0.6, Pkg.resolve() installs all the packages, but in v0.7+, we
+            # have to manually Pkg.add() each of them (since the REQUIRES file
+            # format is deprecated).
+            # The precompliation is done via `using {libraryname}`.
+            r"""
+            julia /tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl "%(require)s"
+            """ % {"require": require}
+            # TODO: For some reason, `rm`ing the file fails with permission denied.
+            # && rm /tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl
+        )]
+
+    def get_build_script_files(self):
+        files = {
+            'julialegacy/install-repo-dependencies.jl': '/tmp/install-repo-dependencies.jl',
+        }
+        files.update(super().get_build_script_files())
+        return files
+
+    def detect(self):
+        """
+        Check if current repo should be built with the Julia Build pack
+
+        super().detect() is not called in this function - it would return
+        false unless an `environment.yml` is present and we do not want to
+        require the presence of a `environment.yml` to use Julia.
+
+        Instead we just check if the path to `REQUIRE` exists
+
+        """
+        # TODO(nhdaly): Add support for Project.toml here as well.
+        return os.path.exists(self.binder_path('REQUIRE')) and not(os.path.exists(self.binder_path('Project.toml')) or os.path.exists(self.binder_path('JuliaProject.toml')))
diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/install-repo-dependencies.jl b/repo2docker/buildpacks/julialegacy/install-repo-dependencies.jl
similarity index 100%
rename from repo2docker/buildpacks/julia/install-repo-dependencies.jl
rename to repo2docker/buildpacks/julialegacy/install-repo-dependencies.jl