diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce91e69..613a8a6 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 all: zipfile.node
 
 install:
-	cd deps/libzip-0.9.3; make; cd ../../
 	node-waf -v build install
 
 zipfile.node:
-	cd deps/libzip-0.9.3; make; cd ../../
 	node-waf -v build
 
 clean:
-	cd deps/libzip-0.9.3; make clean distclean; cd ../../
 	node-waf -v clean distclean
 
 uninstall:
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 19a0b93..d153015 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cd deps/
-# internal libzip
-if ! test -e libzip-0.9.3; then
- tar xvf libzip-0.9.3.tar.bz2
-fi 
-cd libzip-0.9.3
-CFLAGS='-fPIC' ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-static --disable-shared
-cd ../../
 node-waf configure $@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39727a1..de5020a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name"          : "zipfile",
-  "version"       : "0.1.4",
+  "version"       : "0.1.5",
   "main"          : "./lib/index.js",
   "description"   : "C++ library for handling zipfiles in node",
   "keywords"      : ["zipfile", "uncompress", "unzip", "zlib"],
diff --git a/src/_zipfile.cc b/src/_zipfile.cc
index 48c2dfb..27b0092 100644
--- a/src/_zipfile.cc
+++ b/src/_zipfile.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern "C" {
     ZipFile::Initialize(target);
 
     // node-zipfile version
-    target->Set(String::NewSymbol("version"), String::New("0.1.4"));
+    target->Set(String::NewSymbol("version"), String::New("0.1.5"));
 
     // versions of deps
     Local<Object> versions = Object::New();
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 1d7fda7..bd2f879 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -34,9 +34,20 @@ def set_options(opt):
                   , dest='shared_libzip'
                   )
 
+def configure_libzip():
+	if not Options.options.shared_libzip:
+	    Utils.pprint('GREEN','configuring internal libzip dep')
+	    os.chdir('deps')
+	    if not os.path.exists('libzip-0.9.3'):
+	        os.system('tar xvf libzip-0.9.3.tar.bz2')
+	    os.chdir('libzip-0.9.3')
+	    os.system("CFLAGS='-fPIC' ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-static --disable-shared")
+	    os.chdir('../../')
+
 def configure(conf):
     conf.check_tool("compiler_cxx")
     conf.check_tool("node_addon")
+    configure_libzip()
 
     libzip_includes = []
     libzip_libpath  = []
@@ -119,8 +130,15 @@ def configure(conf):
     #ldflags = []
     #conf.env.append_value("LDFLAGS", ldflags)
 
+def build_libzip():
+	if not Options.options.shared_libzip:
+		os.chdir('deps/libzip-0.9.3')
+		os.system('make')
+		os.chdir('../../')
+
 def build(bld):
     obj = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "shlib", "node_addon", install_path=None)
+    build_libzip()
     obj.cxxflags = ["-DNDEBUG", "-O3", "-g", "-Wall", "-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64", "-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE"]
     obj.target = TARGET
     obj.source = "src/_zipfile.cc"
@@ -133,9 +151,16 @@ def build(bld):
     bin_dir = bld.path.find_dir('./bin')
     bld.install_files('${PREFIX}/bin', bin_dir.ant_glob('*'), cwd=bin_dir, relative_trick=True, chmod=0755)
 
+def clean_libzip():
+	if not Options.options.shared_libzip:
+		os.chdir('deps/libzip-0.9.3')
+		os.system('make clean distclean')
+		os.chdir('../../')
+
 def shutdown():
     if Options.commands['clean']:
         if exists(TARGET): unlink(TARGET)
+        clean_libzip()
     if Options.commands['clean']:
         if exists(dest):
             unlink(dest)