diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 811ade9..d57a631 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -342,13 +342,12 @@ ifeq ($(shared),yes)
     endif
   endif
 else
-  MUPDF_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf.a
-  ifneq ($(THIRD_OBJ),)
-    # omit libmupdf-third if there is nothing in it
-    THIRD_LIB = $(OUT)/libmupdf-third.a
-  endif
-  $(MUPDF_LIB) : $(MUPDF_OBJ)
-  $(THIRD_LIB) : $(THIRD_OBJ)
+  MUPDF_LIB = libmupdf.so.$(GENTOO_PV)
+  THIRD_LIB =
+  MUPDF_STATIC = $(OUT)/libmupdf.a
+  $(MUPDF_LIB) : $(MUPDF_OBJ) $(THIRD_OBJ)
+	$(QUIET_LINK) $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) --shared -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MUPDF_LIB) -o $@ $^ $(THIRD_LIBS) $(LIBS)
+  $(MUPDF_STATIC): $(MUPDF_OBJ) $(THIRD_OBJ)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(USE_SYSTEM_GLUT),yes)
@@ -496,7 +495,6 @@ ifeq ($(shared),yes)
   endif
 else
 	install -m 644 $(MUPDF_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
-	install -m 644 $(THIRD_LIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
 endif
 
 install-tools: tools