diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f6e2c6b..fdce16d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,109 +1,68 @@
 # By default we use LTO, but Windows does not support it
 ifneq ($(WITH_LTO),0)
-	override CFLAGS += -flto
+CFLAGS += -flto
 endif
 
+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_BORINGSSL=1 enables BoringSSL support, linked statically (preferred over OpenSSL)
-# You need to call "make boringssl" before
-ifeq ($(WITH_BORINGSSL),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -Iboringssl/include -pthread -DLIBUS_USE_OPENSSL
-	override LDFLAGS += -pthread boringssl/build/ssl/libssl.a boringssl/build/crypto/libcrypto.a -lstdc++
-else
-	# WITH_OPENSSL=1 enables OpenSSL 1.1+ support
-	# For now we need to link with C++ for OpenSSL support, but should be removed with time
-	ifeq ($(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++
+ifeq ($(WITH_OPENSSL),1)
+COMMON_FLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_OPENSSL
+LDFLAGS += -lstdc++
+REQUIRES += libssl libcrypto
-	else
-		# WITH_WOLFSSL=1 enables WolfSSL 4.2.0 support (mutually exclusive with OpenSSL)
-		ifeq ($(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
-	endif
 endif
 
-# WITH_IO_URING=1 builds with io_uring as event-loop and network implementation
 ifeq ($(WITH_IO_URING),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_IO_URING
-	# override LDFLAGS += -l
+COMMON_FLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_IO_URING
+REQUIRES += liburing
 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_ASIO builds with boot asio event-loop
-ifeq ($(WITH_ASIO),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_ASIO
-	override LDFLAGS += -lstdc++ -lpthread
-	override CXXFLAGS += -pthread -DLIBUS_USE_ASIO
-endif
-
-# WITH_GCD=1 builds with libdispatch as event-loop
-ifeq ($(WITH_GCD),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_GCD
-	override LDFLAGS += -framework CoreFoundation
-endif
-
-# WITH_ASAN builds with sanitizers
-ifeq ($(WITH_ASAN),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -fsanitize=address -g
-	override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=address
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(WITH_QUIC),1)
-	override CFLAGS += -DLIBUS_USE_QUIC -pthread -std=c11 -Isrc -Ilsquic/include
-	override LDFLAGS += -pthread -lz -lm uSockets.a lsquic/src/liblsquic/liblsquic.a
-else
-	override CFLAGS += -std=c11 -Isrc
-	override LDFLAGS += uSockets.a
-endif
-
-# Also link liburing for io_uring support
-ifeq ($(WITH_IO_URING),1)
-	override LDFLAGS += /usr/lib/liburing.a
-endif
-
-# By default we build the uSockets.a static library
+CFLAGS += -std=c11 $(COMMON_FLAGS)
+CXXFLAGS += -std=c++17 $(COMMON_FLAGS)
+
 default:
-	rm -f *.o
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -O3 -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c src/io_uring/*.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/*.c src/eventing/*.c src/crypto/*.c src/io_uring/*.c
-# Also link in Boost Asio support
-ifeq ($(WITH_ASIO),1)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -Isrc -std=c++14 -flto -O3 -c src/eventing/asio.cpp
-endif
 
-# For now we do rely on C++17 for OpenSSL support but we will be porting this work to C11
 ifeq ($(WITH_OPENSSL),1)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -std=c++17 -flto -O3 -c src/crypto/*.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -fPIC -c src/crypto/*.cpp
 endif
-ifeq ($(WITH_BORINGSSL),1)
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -std=c++17 -flto -O3 -c src/crypto/*.cpp
-endif
-# Create a static library (try windows, then unix)
-	lib.exe /out:uSockets.a *.o || $(AR) rvs uSockets.a *.o
+	$(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):" usockets.pc.in > usockets.pc
-
-# BoringSSL needs cmake and golang
-.PHONY: boringssl
-boringssl:
-	cd boringssl && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && make -j8
 
-# Builds all examples
-.PHONY: examples
-examples: default
-	for f in examples/*.c; do $(CC) -O3 $(CFLAGS) -o $$(basename "$$f" ".c")$(EXEC_SUFFIX) "$$f" $(LDFLAGS); done
-
-swift_examples:
-	swiftc -O -I . examples/swift_http_server/main.swift uSockets.a -o swift_http_server
+install:
+	install -d "$(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)$(libdir)/"
+	install -m 644 usockets.pc "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/"
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f *.a
+	rm -f *.so
 	rm -rf .certs
+	rm -f usockets.pc
+
+.PHONY: default install clean
diff --git a/usockets.pc.in b/usockets.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b818020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/usockets.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@