diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 54eaaf5..9d1d798 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} ${MEM_OPT_FLAGS}"
 AM_CFLAGS="${AM_CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}"
 AC_SUBST(AM_CFLAGS)
 
+AM_LDFLAGS=""
+AC_SUBST(AM_LDFLAGS)
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
 		 docs/Makefile
 		 tests/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 235169a..d1b0a1d 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
 
-AM_CFLAGS += -I../include/
+AM_CFLAGS += -I../include/ -std=c99 -DREENTRANT -lpthread
+AM_LDFLAGS += -lpthread
 
 TRCOMM = cet_accept.c \
 	 cep_write_buffered.c \
@@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libtrcomm.la
 libtrcomm_la_SOURCES = $(TRCOMM)
 libtrcomm_la_CFLAGS  = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 libtrcomm_la_LIBADD  =
+libtrcomm_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0 $(AM_LDFLAGS)