It should probably be a static library though...

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.o
 *.so
+*.a
 test

Makefile

@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-VERSION_MAJOR = 1
-VERSION_MINOR = 0
-VERSION_PATCH = 0
-
-VERSION = $(VERSION_MAJOR).$(VERSION_MINOR).$(VERSION_PATCH)
-
 PREFIX    ?= /usr
 LIBDIR     = $(PREFIX)/lib
 INCLUDEDIR = $(PREFIX)/include
@@ -13,19 +7,17 @@ CC_FLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -pedantic
 
 .PHONY: all install clean
 
-all: libhc.so
+all: libhc.a
 
 hc.o: hc.c hc.h hc_private.h
-	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -fPIC -c hc.c -o hc.o
+	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -c hc.c -o hc.o
 
-libhc.so: hc.o
-	$(CC) $(CC_FLAGS) -fPIC -shared hc.o -o libhc.so
+libhc.a: hc.o
+	ar rcs libhc.a hc.o
 
-install: libhc.so hc.h
-	install -Dm755 libhc.so $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libhc.so.$(VERSION)
+install: libhc.a hc.h
+	install -Dm755 libhc.a $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/libhc.a
 	install -Dm644 hc.h $(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)/hc.h
-	cd $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) && ln -s libhc.so.$(VERSION) libhc.so.$(VERSION_MAJOR)
-	cd $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) && ln -s libhc.so.$(VERSION) libhc.so
 
 clean:
-	rm -f hc.o libhc.so
+	rm -f hc.o libhc.a