diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2e946e7..fcea186 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 a5109c7..5f5885a 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
 
 TREVENT = event.c \
 	  get_event_string.c \
@@ -25,5 +26,6 @@ TREVENT = event.c \
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libtrevent.la
 
 libtrevent_la_SOURCES = $(TREVENT)
-libtrevent_la_CFLAGS  = $(AM_CFLAGS) -pthread
+libtrevent_la_CFLAGS  = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 libtrevent_la_LIBADD  =
+libtrevent_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0 $(AM_LDFLAGS)