diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e90eea6..720f0ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,13 +6,20 @@ DEBUG  ?= 0
 NALYZE ?= 0
 ASAN   ?= 0
 STATIC ?= 0
+SHARED ?= 0
 FLTO   ?= 0
 FPGO   ?= 0
 STRIP  ?= 0
 CPU    ?= 0
 THREAD ?= 1
 
-$(info Options: DEBUG=$(DEBUG), NALYZE=$(NALYZE), ASAN=$(ASAN), STATIC=$(STATIC), FLTO=$(FLTO), FPGO=$(FPGO), STRIP=$(STRIP), CPU=$(CPU), THREAD=$(THREAD))
+$(info Options: DEBUG=$(DEBUG), NALYZE=$(NALYZE), ASAN=$(ASAN), STATIC=$(STATIC), SHARED=$(SHARED), FLTO=$(FLTO), FPGO=$(FPGO), STRIP=$(STRIP), CPU=$(CPU), THREAD=$(THREAD))
+
+ifneq ($(SHARED),0)
+  ifneq ($(STATIC),0)
+    $(error Options SHARED=1 and STATIC=1 are mutually exclusive!)
+  endif
+endif
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Directories
@@ -72,6 +79,9 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (,$(firstword $(filter %mingw32 %-windows-gnu %-cygwin %-cygnus,$(MACHINE))))
   EXE_SUFFIX := .exe
+  LIB_SUFFIX := .$(if $(subst 0,,$(SHARED)),dll,lib)
+else
+  LIB_SUFFIX := .$(if $(subst 0,,$(SHARED)),$(if $(findstring -apple-darwin,$(MACHINE)),dylib,so),a)
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(firstword $(filter %-w64-mingw32 %w64-windows-gnu,$(MACHINE))))
@@ -96,12 +106,26 @@ ifneq (,$(firstword $(filter %-pc-haiku %-unknown-haiku,$(MACHINE))))
   LDFLGS += -lbsd
 endif
 
+APP_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
+APP_LDFLGS = $(LDFLGS) -L$(SUBDIR_LIB)/lib -l$(VERSION_LIB)
+LIB_CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)
+LIB_LDFLGS = $(LDFLGS)
+
+ifneq ($(SHARED),0)
+  LIB_CFLAGS += -fPIC
+  ifneq (,$(firstword $(filter %-w64-mingw32 %w64-windows-gnu,$(MACHINE))))
+    LIB_LDFLGS = -Wl,--out-implib,"$@.a" $(LDFLGS)
+  endif
+endif
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # File names
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+VERSION_LIB := slunkcrypt$(CONFIG)-1
+
 OUTNAME_APP := slunkcrypt$(CONFIG)$(EXE_SUFFIX)
-OUTNAME_LIB := libslunkcrypt$(CONFIG)-1.a
+OUTNAME_LIB := lib$(VERSION_LIB)$(LIB_SUFFIX)
 
 OUTPATH_APP := $(SUBDIR_APP)/bin/$(OUTNAME_APP)
 OUTPATH_LIB := $(SUBDIR_LIB)/lib/$(OUTNAME_LIB)
@@ -121,21 +145,27 @@ endif
 # Targets
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-.PHONY: all clean
+.PHONY: all build clean
 
-all: $(OUTPATH_APP)
+all: clean build
+
+build: $(OUTPATH_APP)
 
 $(OUTPATH_APP): $(OBJECTS_APP) $(OUTPATH_LIB)
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLGS)
+	$(CC) $(APP_CFLAGS) $(OBJECTS_APP) -o $@ $(APP_LDFLGS)
 
 $(OUTPATH_LIB): $(OBJECTS_LIB)
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+ifneq ($(SHARED),0)
+	$(CC) $(LIB_CFLAGS) $^ -shared -o $@ $(LIB_LDFLGS)
+else
 	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
+endif
 
 $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/%$(CONFIG).o: $(SUBDIR_APP)/src/%.c
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(APP_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/%.rsrc.o: $(SUBDIR_APP)/res/%.rc
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
@@ -143,8 +173,8 @@ $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/%.rsrc.o: $(SUBDIR_APP)/res/%.rc
 
 $(SUBDIR_LIB)/obj/%$(CONFIG).o: $(SUBDIR_LIB)/src/%.c
 	@mkdir -p $(@D)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+	$(CC) $(LIB_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/*.o $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/*.gcda $(SUBDIR_APP)/lib/*.a $(SUBDIR_APP)/bin/*$(EXE_SUFFIX)
-	$(RM) $(SUBDIR_LIB)/obj/*.o $(SUBDIR_LIB)/obj/*.gcda $(SUBDIR_LIB)/lib/*.a $(SUBDIR_LIB)/bin/*$(EXE_SUFFIX)
+	$(RM) $(SUBDIR_APP)/obj/* $(SUBDIR_APP)/lib/* $(SUBDIR_APP)/bin/*
+	$(RM) $(SUBDIR_LIB)/obj/* $(SUBDIR_LIB)/lib/* $(SUBDIR_LIB)/bin/*
diff --git a/etc/build/freebsd/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/freebsd/mk-release.sh
index bcd2bdc..c900999 100755
--- a/etc/build/freebsd/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/freebsd/mk-release.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-gmake CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 mk_slunk 32 "i686"   "pentiumpro" "pentium3"
 mk_slunk 64 "x86_64" "x86-64"     "nocona"
 
diff --git a/etc/build/gnuhurd/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/gnuhurd/mk-release.sh
index 0711993..b804da2 100755
--- a/etc/build/gnuhurd/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/gnuhurd/mk-release.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-$BASH -x -c "make clean"
-
 mk_slunk "i686" "i686-gnu" "MARCH=pentiumpro MTUNE=pentium3"
 
 ./etc/build/build_info.sh "gcc" > "out/.build_info"
diff --git a/etc/build/haiku/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/haiku/mk-release.sh
index 29fb496..466791a 100755
--- a/etc/build/haiku/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/haiku/mk-release.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-make clean
-
 case "${BE_HOST_CPU}" in
 	x86_64)
 		mk_slunk "gcc" "x86_64" "x86-64" "nocona"
diff --git a/etc/build/linux/mk-release-gnu.sh b/etc/build/linux/mk-release-gnu.sh
index 0e2947f..47c9be3 100755
--- a/etc/build/linux/mk-release-gnu.sh
+++ b/etc/build/linux/mk-release-gnu.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-$BASH -x -c "make clean"
-
 mk_slunk "x86_64" "x86_64-linux-gnu" "MARCH=x86-64 MTUNE=nocona"
 mk_slunk "i686"   "i686-linux-gnu"   "MARCH=pentiumpro MTUNE=pentium3"
 
diff --git a/etc/build/linux/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/linux/mk-release.sh
index d94d561..9fc400c 100755
--- a/etc/build/linux/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/linux/mk-release.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-$BASH -x -c "make clean"
-
 mk_slunk "x86_64" "MARCH=x86-64 MTUNE=nocona"
 mk_slunk "i686"   "MARCH=pentiumpro MTUNE=pentium3"
 
diff --git a/etc/build/macosx/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/macosx/mk-release.sh
index 42edf7d..44c11ba 100755
--- a/etc/build/macosx/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/macosx/mk-release.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ mk_slunk() {
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-make CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 mk_slunk "x86_64"
 mk_slunk "arm64"
 
diff --git a/etc/build/netbsd/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/netbsd/mk-release.sh
index 06fdbe1..0351098 100755
--- a/etc/build/netbsd/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/netbsd/mk-release.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-gmake CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 case "$(uname -m)" in
 	amd64)
 		mk_slunk "x86_64" "x86-64" "nocona"
diff --git a/etc/build/openbsd/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/openbsd/mk-release.sh
index c5d8973..77774eb 100755
--- a/etc/build/openbsd/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/openbsd/mk-release.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-gmake CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 case "$(uname -m)" in
 	amd64)
 		mk_slunk "x86_64" "x86-64" "nocona"
diff --git a/etc/build/solaris/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/solaris/mk-release.sh
index dae9e44..5efdb69 100755
--- a/etc/build/solaris/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/solaris/mk-release.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ fi
 
 rm -rf "out" && mkdir -p "out"
 
-gmake CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 mk_slunk 32 "i686"   "pentiumpro" "pentium3"
 mk_slunk 64 "x86_64" "x86-64"     "nocona"
 
diff --git a/etc/build/win32/mk-release.sh b/etc/build/win32/mk-release.sh
index 6842318..1b5de02 100755
--- a/etc/build/win32/mk-release.sh
+++ b/etc/build/win32/mk-release.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ mk_slunk() {
 
 mkdir -p "out/_next_"
 
-make -B CC="${cc_path}" clean
-
 case "${machine}" in
 	x86_64*)
 		mk_slunk "x86_64" "x86-64" "nocona"