diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bfd99a..f349b48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ endif
 CFLAGS=-O2
 CPPFLAGS=-Iinclude
 all: libstemmer.a stemwords$(EXEEXT)
+libstemmer.so: $(snowball_sources:.c=.o)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,libstemmer.so.0 -o $@.0.0.0 $^
+	ln -s libstemmer.so.0.0.0 libstemmer.so
 libstemmer.a: $(snowball_sources:.c=.o)
 	$(AR) -cru $@ $^
-stemwords$(EXEEXT): examples/stemwords.o libstemmer.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+stemwords$(EXEEXT): examples/stemwords.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $^ -L. -lstemmer
 clean:
 	rm -f stemwords$(EXEEXT) libstemmer.a *.o src_c/*.o examples/*.o runtime/*.o libstemmer/*.o