--- ploticus-2.33.ebuild.org	2007-08-28 14:38:54.000000000 -0400
+++ ploticus-2.33.ebuild	2007-08-28 15:23:32.000000000 -0400
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@
 	emake "CC=$(tc-getCC)" ${MO} EXE="${EXE}" GD18LIBS="${GD18LIBS}" \
 		GD16LIBS="${GD16LIBS}" \
 		PREFABS_DIR=/usr/share/ploticus/prefabs ploticus || die
+
+	einfo "Compiling C API library"
+
+	emake "CC=$(tc-getCC)" \
+	-f Makefile_api || die "API make failed!"
 }
 
 src_test() {
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@
 	fi
 	emake DESTDIR=${D} EXE="${EXE}" install || die
 
+	dolib ${S}/src/libploticus.a
+
 	PL_TARGET=/usr/share/${PN}
 	insinto ${PL_TARGET}/prefabs
 	doins ${S}/prefabs/*