diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa6e2ff..529ed74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+DESTDIR ?=
+
+prefix ?=	"/usr/local"
+exec_prefix ?=	"$(prefix)"
+libdir ?=	"$(exec_prefix)/lib"
+includedir?=	"$(exec_prefix)/include/uSockets"
+
+# OpenBSD specific library version
+LIBTARGET =	libusockets.so.$(LIBusockets_VERSION)
+
+
 # WITH_OPENSSL=1 enables OpenSSL 1.1+ support
 ifeq ($(WITH_OPENSSL),1)
 	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_OPENSSL
@@ -33,13 +44,33 @@ ifeq ($(WITH_ASAN),1)
 endif
 
 override CFLAGS += -std=c11 -Isrc
-override LDFLAGS += uSockets.a
 
-# By default we build the uSockets.a static library
-default:
+static:
 	rm -f *.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -flto -O3 -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c
-	$(AR) rvs uSockets.a *.o
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c
+	$(AR) rvs libusockets.a *.o
+
+dynamic:
+	rm -f *.o
+	$(CC) -fPIC -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c $(CFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,$(LIBTARGET) $(CFLAGS) -o $(LIBTARGET) *.o $(LDFLAGS)
+
+default: static dynamic
+
+install:
+	# install the folders needed  (making sure that the exist)
+	install -d "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)" \
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/internal/eventing" \
+	"$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/internal/networking"
+	# OpenBSD specific library version
+	install -m 755 $(LIBTARGET) "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/"
+	# install static library
+	install -m 755 libusockets.a "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/"
+	# we also install all the header files
+	install  src/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/"
+	install -m 644 src/internal/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/internal/"
+	install -m 644 src/internal/eventing/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/internal/eventing/"
+	install -m 644 src/internal/networking/*.h "$(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/internal/networking/"
 
 # Builds all examples
 .PHONY: examples
@@ -52,4 +83,5 @@ swift_examples:
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f *.a
+	rm -f *.so
 	rm -rf .certs