diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 194c16e..9ceac09 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
-# sorry this makefile doesn't include anything cross-platform
-# was hurriedly made to test it
+CC=
+MKDIR=
+PCFLAGS=
+PLFLAGS=
+LFLAGS=-shared -g -ggdb
+CFLAGS=--std=c99 -g -ggdb -Wall
+
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	CC += mingw32-gcc
+	MKDIR += mkdir -p
+	PLFLAGS += -Wl,--out-implib,bin/libLoveToken.a
+else
+	ifeq ($(shell uname -s), Linux)
+		CC += gcc
+		MKDIR += mkdir -p
+		PCFLAGS += -fPIC
+	endif
+endif
 
 all:
-	mkdir -p bin
-	mingw32-gcc --std=c99 -g -ggdb -c -o bin/lt.o src/lt.c -liconv
-	mingw32-gcc -shared -g -ggdb -o bin/LoveToken.dll bin/lt.o -Wl,--out-implib,bin/libLoveToken.a -liconv
-#mingw32-gcc --std=c99 -g -ggdb -c -o bin/lt.o -DI_FUCKING_HATE_WINDOWS src/lt.c
-#mingw32-gcc -shared -g -ggdb -o bin/LoveToken.dll bin/iconv.o bin/lt.o -Wl,--out-implib,bin/libLoveToken.a
-#cp bin/LoveToken.dll test/LoveToken.dll
+	$(MKDIR) bin
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PCFLAGS) -c -o bin/lt.o src/lt.c
+	$(CC) $(LFLAGS) -o bin/LoveToken.dll bin/lt.o $(PLFLAGS) -liconv