diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 14f5f83..0577edf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/cfu.c])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall silent-rules dist-bzip2])
 AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+LT_INIT
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index cefc5a3..3344b5d 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ noinst_PROGRAMS = hash_usage large_hash strings conf_example \
                   conf_example2 opt_example
 
 AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/src
-LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libcfu.a
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libcfu.la @PTHREAD_LIBS@
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 0df1796..3f5ffb7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-lib_LIBRARIES = libcfu.a
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libcfu.la
 
-libcfu_a_SOURCES = cfuhash.c cfutime.c cfustring.c cfulist.c cfuconf.c \
-                   cfu.c cfuopt.c
+libcfu_la_SOURCES = cfuhash.c cfutime.c cfustring.c cfulist.c \
+                    cfuconf.c cfu.c cfuopt.c
 
 
 libcfuincdir = $(includedir)/cfu
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ libcfuinc_HEADERS = cfu.h cfuhash.h cfutime.h cfustring.h cfulist.h \
                     cfuconf.h cfuopt.h
 
 if USE_PTHREADS
-libcfu_a_SOURCES += cfuthread_queue.c
+libcfu_la_SOURCES += cfuthread_queue.c
 libcfuinc_HEADERS += cfuthread_queue.h
 endif