diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ea340c8..bcc765d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ OBJS := $(patsubst $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp, $(OBJDIR)/%.o, $(SRCS))
 
 # Ramulator currently supports g++ 5.1+ or clang++ 3.4+.  It will NOT work with
 #   g++ 4.x due to an internal compiler error when processing lambda functions.
-CXX := clang++
-# CXX := g++-5
-CXXFLAGS := -O3 -std=c++11 -g -Wall
+CXXFLAGS := -O3 -std=c++11 -g -Wall -fpic
 
 .PHONY: all clean depend
 
@@ -38,6 +36,10 @@ ramulator: $(MAIN) $(OBJS) $(SRCDIR)/*.h | depend
 libramulator.a: $(OBJS) $(OBJDIR)/Gem5Wrapper.o
 	libtool -static -o $@ $(OBJS) $(OBJDIR)/Gem5Wrapper.o
 
+libramulator.so: $(OBJS) $(OBJDIR)/Gem5Wrapper.o
+	$(CXX) -shared -o $@ $(OBJS) $(OBJDIR)/Gem5Wrapper.o
+
+
 $(OBJS): | $(OBJDIR)
 
 $(OBJDIR):