diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b54cac..c31e575 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,60 +1,59 @@
+DESTDIR ?=
+
+prefix ?=	/usr
+exec_prefix ?=	$(prefix)
+LIB ?=		lib
+libdir ?=	$(exec_prefix)/$(LIB)
+includedir ?=	$(exec_prefix)/include
+
+PKG_CONFIG ?=	pkg-config
+
+VERSION ?=	0.0
+LIBTARGET =	libusockets.so.$(VERSION)
+
+REQUIRES =
+COMMON_FLAGS =	-Isrc
+
 # WITH_OPENSSL=1 enables OpenSSL 1.1+ support or BoringSSL
 # For now we need to link with C++ for OpenSSL support, but should be removed with time
 ifeq ($(WITH_OPENSSL),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_OPENSSL
-	# With problems on macOS, make sure to pass needed LDFLAGS required to find these
-	override LDFLAGS += -lssl -lcrypto -lstdc++
-else
-	# WITH_WOLFSSL=1 enables WolfSSL 4.2.0 support (mutually exclusive with OpenSSL)
-	ifeq ($(WITH_WOLFSSL),1)
-		# todo: change these
-		override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_WOLFSSL -I/usr/local/include
-		override LDFLAGS += -L/usr/local/lib -lwolfssl
-	else
-		override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_NO_SSL
-	endif
+COMMON_FLAGS +=	-DLIBUS_USE_OPENSSL
+LDFLAGS +=	-lssl -lcrypto -lstdc++
+REQUIRES +=	libssl libcrypto
 endif
 
 # WITH_LIBUV=1 builds with libuv as event-loop
 ifeq ($(WITH_LIBUV),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_LIBUV
-	override LDFLAGS += -luv
+COMMON_FLAGS +=	-DLIBUS_USE_LIBUV
+REQUIRES +=	libuv
 endif
 
-# WITH_GCD=1 builds with libdispatch as event-loop
-ifeq ($(WITH_GCD),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_GCD
-	override LDFLAGS += -framework CoreFoundation
-endif
+CFLAGS +=	-std=c11 $(COMMON_FLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS +=	-std=c++17 $(COMMON_FLAGS)
 
-# WITH_ASAN builds with sanitizers
-ifeq ($(WITH_ASAN),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -fsanitize=address -g
-	override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=address
-endif
-
-override CFLAGS += -std=c11 -Isrc
-override LDFLAGS += uSockets.a
-
-# By default we build the uSockets.a static library
 default:
-	rm -f *.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -flto -O3 -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c
-# For now we do rely on C++17 for OpenSSL support but we will be porting this work to C11
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c
 ifeq ($(WITH_OPENSSL),1)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -std=c++17 -flto -O3 -c src/crypto/*.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/crypto/*.cpp
 endif
-	$(AR) rvs uSockets.a *.o
-
-# Builds all examples
-.PHONY: examples
-examples: default
-	for f in examples/*.c; do $(CC) -flto -O3 $(CFLAGS) -o $$(basename "$$f" ".c") "$$f" $(LDFLAGS); done
-
-swift_examples:
-	swiftc -O -I . examples/swift_http_server/main.swift uSockets.a -o swift_http_server
+	$(AR) rvs libusockets.a *.o
+	$(CC) -shared -o $(LIBTARGET) *.o -Wl,-soname,$(LIBTARGET) `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(REQUIRES)` $(LDFLAGS)
+	sed -e "s:@PREFIX@:$(prefix):" -e "s:@REQUIRES@:$(REQUIRES):" \
+	-e "s:@LIB@:$(LIB):" -e "s:@VERSION@:$(VERSION):" libusockets.pc.in > libusockets.pc
+
+install:
+	install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig" "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)"
+	install -m 644 src/libusockets.h "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/"
+	install -m 755 $(LIBTARGET) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"
+	ln -sf $(LIBTARGET) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libusockets.so"
+	install -m 755 libusockets.a "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/"
+	install -m 644 libusockets.pc "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/"
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f *.a
+	rm -f *.so
 	rm -rf .certs
+	rm -f libusockets.pc
+
+.PHONY: default install clean
diff --git a/libusockets.pc.in b/libusockets.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b818020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libusockets.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+libdir=${prefix}/@LIB@
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+Name: uSockets
+Version: @VERSION@
+Description: eventing, networking and crypto for async applications.
+URL: https://github.com/uNetworking/uSockets
+
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
+Libs: -L${libdir} -lusockets
+Requires.private: @REQUIRES@
