diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aab6293..20777bc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
-all: xmltest
-xmltest: xmltest.cpp tinyxml2.cpp tinyxml2.h
+all: xmltest staticlib
+
+rebuild: clean all
+
+xmltest: xmltest.cpp tinyxml2.a
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.o xmltest tinyxml2.a
+	
 test: clean xmltest
 	./xmltest
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o xmltest
+
+staticlib: tinyxml2.a
+
+tinyxml2.a: tinyxml2.o
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS)s $@ $^
+	
+tinyxml2.o: tinyxml2.cpp tinyxml2.h
+