diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2bb01e2..200ca73 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ lib/libbase64.o: $(OBJS)
 	$(LD) -r -o $@ $^
 	$(OBJCOPY) --keep-global-symbols=lib/exports.txt $@
 
+lib/libbase64.a: $(OBJS)
+	$(AR) rc $@ $^
+
 lib/config.h:
 	@echo "#define HAVE_AVX2   $(HAVE_AVX2)"    > $@
 	@echo "#define HAVE_NEON32 $(HAVE_NEON32)" >> $@