diff --git a/ase/cmd/awk/makefile.in b/ase/cmd/awk/makefile.in
index 787a0b0a..6e22335b 100644
--- a/ase/cmd/awk/makefile.in
+++ b/ase/cmd/awk/makefile.in
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ LIBS_CXX = -laseawk++ ${LIBS}
 MODE = @BUILDMODE@
 
 STRIP = @STRIP@
+AR = @AR@
 
-AR = ar
+LIBTOOL_COMPILE = $(TOP_DIR)/libtool --mode=compile
+LIBTOOL_LINK = $(TOP_DIR)/libtool --mode=link
 
 OUT_DIR= $(TOP_DIR)/out/$(MODE)
 OUT_DIR_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)/lib
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@ all: build
 build: $(TMP_DIR) $(OUT_DIR_BIN) $(OUT_DIR_BIN)/aseawk $(OUT_DIR_BIN)/aseawk++
 
 $(OUT_DIR_BIN)/aseawk: awk.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ awk.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ awk.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(OUT_DIR_BIN)/aseawk++: Awk.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ Awk.cpp $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS_CXX)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ Awk.cpp $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS_CXX)
 	$(STRIP) $@
 
 $(OUT_DIR_BIN):
diff --git a/ase/lib/awk/makefile.in b/ase/lib/awk/makefile.in
index 1199dd5d..e3bbe36d 100644
--- a/ase/lib/awk/makefile.in
+++ b/ase/lib/awk/makefile.in
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 NAME = aseawk
 
 TOP_DIR = @abs_top_builddir@
-TOP_INSTALLDIR = @prefix@/ase
+
+PREFIX = @prefix@
+LIBDIR = $(PREFIX)/lib
 
 CC = @CC@
 CXX = @CXX@
@@ -25,9 +27,9 @@ LIBTOOL_COMPILE = $(TOP_DIR)/libtool --mode=compile
 LIBTOOL_LINK = $(TOP_DIR)/libtool --mode=link 
 
 OUT_DIR = $(TOP_DIR)/out/$(MODE)/lib
-OUT_FILE_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)/lib$(NAME).a
+OUT_FILE_LIB = $(OUT_DIR)/lib$(NAME).la
 OUT_FILE_JNI = $(OUT_DIR)/lib$(NAME)_jni.la
-OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX = $(OUT_DIR)/lib$(NAME)++.a
+OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX = $(OUT_DIR)/lib$(NAME)++.la
 
 TMP_DIR = $(MODE)
 TMP_DIR_CXX = $(TMP_DIR)/cxx
@@ -51,7 +53,8 @@ OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX = \
 	$(TMP_DIR)/cxx/Awk.o \
 	$(TMP_DIR)/cxx/StdAwk.o
 
-OBJ_FILES_SO = $(OBJ_FILES_LIB:.o=.lo) $(OBJ_FILES_JNI:.o=.lo)
+#OBJ_FILES_SO = $(OBJ_FILES_LIB:.o=.lo) $(OBJ_FILES_JNI:.o=.lo)
+OBJ_FILES_SO = $(OBJ_FILES_LIB:.o=.lo)
 
 lib: build$(BUILD_JNI)
 
@@ -60,16 +63,18 @@ build: $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX)
 buildjni: build $(OUT_FILE_JNI)
 
 $(OUT_FILE_LIB): $(TMP_DIR) $(OUT_DIR) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
-	$(AR) cr $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
-	if [ ! -z "$(RANLIB)" ]; then $(RANLIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB); fi
+	#$(AR) cr $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CC) -rpath $(LIBDIR) -version-info 1:0:0 -o $@ $(OBJ_FILES_SO) -L$(OUT_DIR) -lasecmn
+	#[ ! -z "$(RANLIB)" ] && $(RANLIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB)
 
 $(OUT_FILE_JNI): $(TMP_DIR) $(OBJ_FILES_JNI) $(OBJ_FILES_JAR) $(OUT_FILE_LIB)
 	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CC) -rpath $(TOP_INSTALLDIR)/lib -version-info 1:0:0 -o $(OUT_FILE_JNI) $(OBJ_FILES_SO) -lm -L$(OUT_DIR) -l$(NAME) -lasecmn -laseutl
 	$(JAR) -Mcvf $(OUT_FILE_JAR) -C $(TMP_DIR) ase
 
 $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX): $(TMP_DIR_CXX) $(OUT_DIR) $(OUT_FILE_LIB) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
-	$(AR) cr $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
-	if [ ! -z "$(RANLIB)" ]; then $(RANLIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX); fi
+	#$(AR) cr $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX) $(OBJ_FILES_LIB_CXX)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CC) -rpath $(LIBDIR) -version-info 1:0:0 -o $@ $(OBJ_FILES_SO) -L$(OUT_DIR) -laseawk -lasecmn
+	#[ ! -z "$(RANLIB)" ] && $(RANLIB) $(OUT_FILE_LIB_CXX)
 
 $(TMP_DIR)/awk.o: awk.c
 	$(LIBTOOL_COMPILE) $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c awk.c