diff -ur a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2002-12-09 10:07:14.000000000 -0600
+++ b/Makefile	2009-03-18 23:23:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 DEBUG=-ggdb
 CXX=g++
 CXXFLAGS=-Wall -pedantic $(FREETYPE_INCL) $(DEBUG) $(OPTFLAGS)
-LDFLAGS=$(FREETYPE_LIB) $(DEBUG)
+LDLIBS=$(FREETYPE_LIB) -lz
 
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX=/usr
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@
 
 all: ttmkfdir
 
-.cpp.o:
-	libtool --mode=compile $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $^
-
 ttmkfdir: ttmkfdir.o directory.o commandline.o ttf.o encoding.o parser.o builtin.o
-	libtool --mode=link $(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(LINK.cpp) $^ $(LOADLIBES) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
 
 parser.cpp: encoding.l
 	    flex -i -8 -o$@ $<