diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8823add..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-CFLAGS=-c -std=gnu99 -Wall
-LDFLAGS=-O2 -Wl,-Bstatic -lfcgi -llua5.1 -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm -lpthread
-
-
-.c.o:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
-
-all: lua-fastcgi
-
-debug: CFLAGS+=-g -DDEBUG
-debug: LDFLAGS+=-lrt
-debug: lua-fastcgi
-
-lua-fastcgi: src/lua-fastcgi.o src/lfuncs.o src/lua.o src/config.o
-	$(CC) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
-
-clean:
-	rm -f src/*.o lua-fastcgi
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af437a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SUBDIRS = src
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1c32e3..16a0f20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ Ubuntu will likely work without any changes. Other flavors of Linux should
 work with little to no effort. Other Unix-like operating systems are untested
 and unsupported, for now.
 
+To compile lua-fastcgi:
+
+    autoreconf --install
+    ./configure
+    make
 
 running
 -------
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6345c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+m4_define([LF_MAJOR], 1)
+m4_define([LF_MINOR], 0)
+m4_define([LF_PATCH], 0)
+m4_define([LF_BUGS], [])
+
+AC_PREREQ([2.64])
+AC_INIT([lua-fastcgi], [LF_MAJOR.LF_MINOR.LF_PATCH], [LF_BUGS])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/lua-fastcgi.c])
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign -Wall -Werror])
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+
+AC_LANG([C])
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ctype.h errno.h fcgiapp.h fcgi_config.h fcntl.h inttypes.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([lua5.1/lauxlib.h lua5.1/lua.h lua5.1/lualib.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pthread.h stdint.h stdio.h stdlib.h string.h sys/mman.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/resource.h sys/stat.h sys/time.h time.h unistd.h])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile src/Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c7dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+AM_CFLAGS =
+AM_CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -Wall -O2
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = lua-fastcgi
+
+lua_fastcgi_LDADD =
+lua_fastcgi_LDADD += -lfcgi -llua5.1 -lm -lpthread 
+
+
+lua_fastcgi_SOURCES =            \
+    lfconfig.c lfconfig.h        \
+    lfuncs.c lfuncs.h            \
+    lua.c lua.h                  \
+    lua-fastcgi.c lua-fastcgi.h
+
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/lfconfig.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/config.c
rename to src/lfconfig.c
index 0969bba..8070d8e 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/lfconfig.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <lua5.1/lauxlib.h>
 #include <lua5.1/lualib.h>
 
-#include "config.h"
+#include "lfconfig.h"
 
 
 // Checks if a file exists
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/lfconfig.h
similarity index 85%
rename from src/config.h
rename to src/lfconfig.h
index 9b9a8da..af6082f 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/lfconfig.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef LFCONFIG_H
+#define LFCONFIG_H
+
 typedef struct {
 	char *listen;
 	int backlog;
@@ -14,3 +17,5 @@ typedef struct {
 
 LF_config *LF_createconfig();
 int LF_loadconfig(LF_config *, char *);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lfuncs.h b/src/lfuncs.h
index 6229e9f..c624443 100644
--- a/src/lfuncs.h
+++ b/src/lfuncs.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef LFUNCS_H
+#define LFUNCS_H
+
 // Writes FCGI output followed by a carriage return
 int LF_print(lua_State *);
 
@@ -12,3 +15,5 @@ int LF_loadfile(lua_State *);
 
 // dofile() function with sandboxing security measures
 int LF_dofile(lua_State *);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lua-fastcgi.c b/src/lua-fastcgi.c
index 91907fe..1d51929 100644
--- a/src/lua-fastcgi.c
+++ b/src/lua-fastcgi.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "lua.h"
-#include "config.h"
+#include "lfconfig.h"
 #include "lua-fastcgi.h"
 
 
diff --git a/src/lua-fastcgi.h b/src/lua-fastcgi.h
index 0526846..5770444 100644
--- a/src/lua-fastcgi.h
+++ b/src/lua-fastcgi.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef LUA_FASTCGI_H
+#define LUA_FASTCGI_H
+
 typedef struct {
 	LF_config	*config;
 	int socket;
 } LF_params;
 
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lua.h b/src/lua.h
index b29698b..66031a2 100644
--- a/src/lua.h
+++ b/src/lua.h
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef LUA_H
+#define LUA_H
+
 #define LF_ERRNONE     0
 #define LF_ERRANY      1
 #define LF_ERRACCESS   2
@@ -29,3 +32,5 @@ void LF_emptystack(lua_State *);
 int LF_fileload(lua_State *, const char *, char *);
 int LF_loadscript(lua_State *);
 void LF_closestate(lua_State *);
+
+#endif