--- hspell-1.0/Makefile.in	
+++ hspell-1.0/Makefile.in	
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ clean:
 	      hebrew.wgz.lingsizes.tmp dmask.c install.js \
 	      spell-he.xpi he.dic he.aff README-he.txt \
 	      README_he_IL.txt he_IL.dic he_IL.aff he_IL.zip \
-	      specfilter.o specfilter
+	      specfilter.o specfilter \
+	      libhspell.so.0 libhspell.so *.lo
 	rm -f hebeng/install.js hebeng/heb-eng.aff hebeng/heb-eng.dic \
 	      hebeng/README-he.txt hebeng/README-en-US.txt \
 	      hebeng/spell-heb-eng.xpi
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ install: all
 	test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) || mkdir -m 755 -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 	cp libhspell.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
 	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libhspell.a
+	cp libhspell.so.0 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/
+	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libhspell.so.0
+	ln -sf libhspell.so.0 $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libhspell.so
 	test -d $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR) || mkdir -m 755 -p $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)
 	cp hspell.h linginfo.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)/
 	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)/hspell.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)/linginfo.h
@@ -166,19 +170,30 @@ libhspell.a: dict_radix.o gimatria.o cor
 	ar cr $@ $^
 	-ranlib $@
 
-$(HSPELL_EXECUTABLE): hspell.o tclHash.o libhspell.a
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(HSPELL_EXECUTABLE) hspell.o tclHash.o libhspell.a $(LIBS)
+EXTRAOBJECTSPIC=$(EXTRAOBJECTS:.o=.lo)
+
+%.lo: %.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) -fPIC -DPIC -o $@ $<
+
+libhspell.so.0: dict_radix.lo gimatria.lo corlist.lo libhspell.lo $(EXTRAOBJECTSPIC)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -shared -Wl,-soname,libhspell.so.0 $^
+	ln -sf libhspell.so.0 libhspell.so
+
+$(HSPELL_EXECUTABLE): hspell.o tclHash.o libhspell.so.0
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(HSPELL_EXECUTABLE) hspell.o tclHash.o libhspell.so.0 $(LIBS)
 
 # remember to update this dependency list once in a while...
 libhspell.o dict_radix.o find_sizes.o: dict_radix.h
 dict_radix.o linginfo.o: gzbuffered.h
 libhspell.o mk_he_affix.o: prefixes.c
+libhspell.lo mk_he_affix.lo: prefixes.c
 hspell.o: hash.h tclHash.h
 tclHash.o: tclHash.h
 corlist.o gimatria.o hspell.o libhspell.o: hspell.h
 hspell.o libhspell.o linginfo.o: linginfo.h hspell.h
 linginfo.o: dmask.c
 specfilter.o: prefixes.c
+specfilter.lo: prefixes.c
 
 prefixes.c: genprefixes.pl PrefixBits.pl
 	$(PERL) -w ./genprefixes.pl >prefixes.c