diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 4cd87be..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-CFLAGS:=-O2 -Wall -Werror -Wpointer-arith -fPIC $(CFLAGS)
-INSTALL_FOLDER:=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-VERSION:=2
-LIB_NAME:=libnss_homehosts.so
-LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION:=$(LIB_NAME).$(VERSION)
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: $(LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION)
-
-$(LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION): libnss_homehosts.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $<
-
-libnss_homehosts.o: libnss_homehosts.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	rm -f $(LIB_NAME) libnss_homehosts.o
-
-.PHONY: install
-install: $(LIB_NAME)
-	install -m 644 $< $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
-	rm -f $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/$(LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION)
-	ln -s $(LIB_NAME) $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/$(LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION)
-	ldconfig
-.PHONY: uninstall
-uninstall:
-	rm -f $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/$(LIB_NAME)
-	rm -f $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/$(LIB_NAME_WITH_VERSION)
-.PHONY: test
-test:
-	echo 198.18.1.1 libnss-homehost.test.example.net >> ~/.hosts
-	getent -s homehosts hosts libnss-homehost.test.example.net
-	sed -e '/^198.18.1.1 libnss-homehost.test.example.net$/d' -i ~/.hosts
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4e2f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnss_homehosts.la
+libnss_homehosts_la_SOURCES = libnss_homehosts.c
+libnss_homehosts_la_LDFLAGS = $(LT_LDFLAGS)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5552b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([libnss_homehosts], [2.0], [https://github.com/bAndie91/libnss_homehosts/issues], [libnss-homehosts], [https://github.com/bAndie91/libnss_homehosts])
+
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([libnss_homehosts.c])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_LN_S
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign])
+LT_PREREQ([2.4.6])
+LT_INIT
+
+LT_LDFLAGS="-version-info 2 -no-undefined"
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([arpa/inet.h], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Arpa inet header not found])])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([netdb.h], [], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Netdb header not found])])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER_STDBOOL
+AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strcasecmp strchr])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([debug],
+	[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-debug], [enable debug output in homehosts])],
+	[debug_enabled=$enableval],
+	[debug_enabled=no])
+if test "x$debug_enabled" != xno; then
+	AC_DEFINE([DEBUG], [1], [Define to 1 to enable debug mode of homehosts])
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(LT_LDFLAGS)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/libnss_homehosts.c b/libnss_homehosts.c
index b30c497..2bcfe08 100644
--- a/libnss_homehosts.c
+++ b/libnss_homehosts.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "res_hconf.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 
 struct ipaddr {
diff --git a/libnss_homehosts.so b/libnss_homehosts.so
deleted file mode 120000
index 53aa53b..0000000
--- a/libnss_homehosts.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-libnss_homehosts.so.2
\ No newline at end of file