--- lib/Makefile.orig	2015-10-26 10:22:55 UTC
+++ lib/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.         #
 ##############################################################################
 #
-LIBRARY=libXmHTML.a
+LIBRARY=libXmHTML.la
 SHAREDLIB=libXmHTML.so.$(ARCHIVE)
 
 # Targets to make
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ TARGET_SHARED=$(SHAREDLIB)
 SUBDIRS= common $(TOOLKIT)
 
 # Target rules
-all:: $(TARGET_STATIC) $(TARGET_SHARED)
+all:: $(TARGET_STATIC)
 
 # Separate rules for all targets 
 $(TOOLKIT):: 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ common::
 	@(set -x; cd common; $(MAKE) all $(pass_flags) )
 
 $(TARGET_STATIC):: common $(TOOLKIT) 
-	$(RM) $@ \ 
-	$(AR) $@ common/*.o $(TOOLKIT)/*.o
-	$(RANLIB) $@
+	$(RM) $@
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(CC) -o $@ common/*.lo $(TOOLKIT)/*.lo \
+		-rpath ${PREFIX}/lib -version-info 1:2
 
 $(TARGET_SHARED):: common $(TOOLKIT) 
 	$(RM) $@ ; \