--- a/src/libXNVCtrl/Makefile
+++ b/src/libXNVCtrl/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 LIBXNVCTRL = libXNVCtrl.a
 
+LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED = $(OUTPUTDIR)/libXNVCtrl.so
+
 LIBXNVCTRL_PROGRAM_NAME = "libXNVCtrl"
 
 LIBXNVCTRL_VERSION := $(NVIDIA_VERSION)
@@ -62,6 +64,12 @@
 $(LIBXNVCTRL) : $(OBJS)
 	$(AR) ru $@ $(OBJS)
 
+$(LIBXNVCTRL_SHARED): $(LIBXNVCTRL_OBJ)
+	$(RM) $@ $@.*
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname=$(@F).0 -o $@.0.0.0 $(LDFLAGS) $^ -lXext -lX11
+	ln -s $(@F).0.0.0 $@.0
+	ln -s $(@F).0 $@
+
 # define the rule to build each object file
 $(foreach src,$(SRC),$(eval $(call DEFINE_OBJECT_RULE,TARGET,$(src))))