--- src/makefile	2007-08-21 03:59:54.000000000 +0000
+++ src/makefile	2010-07-02 23:07:03.269747714 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
 CXX       = g++
-CPPFLAGS += $(OPTS) -Wall -pedantic
+CPPFLAGS += $(OPTS) -Wall -pedantic -fPIC
 endif
 
 #######################################
@@ -44,13 +44,15 @@
 
 GLUI_LIB = lib/libglui.a
 
+GLUI_SO = lib/libglui.so
+
 GLUI_EXAMPLES = bin/example1 bin/example2 bin/example3 bin/example4 bin/example5 bin/example6
 
 GLUI_TOOLS = bin/ppm2array
 
 .PHONY: all setup examples tools clean depend doc doc-pdf doc-dist dist
 
-all: setup $(GLUI_LIB) examples tools
+all: setup $(GLUI_LIB) $(GLUI_SO) examples tools
 
 setup:
 	mkdir -p bin
@@ -69,6 +71,9 @@
 $(GLUI_LIB): $(GLUI_OBJS)
 	ar -r $(GLUI_LIB) $(GLUI_OBJS)
 
+$(GLUI_SO): $(GLUI_OBJS)
+	gcc --shared $(GLUI_OBJS) -lglut -lGLU -Wl,-soname,libglui.so.0 -o $@
+
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $<