diff --git a/conf/Makefile b/conf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92e9937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# $Id$
+
+CC?=gcc
+
+# Linux flavour
+# PREFIX?=/opt/diet
+# LIBOWFAT_HEADERS=$(PREFIX)/include
+# LIBOWFAT_LIBRARY=$(PREFIX)/lib
+
+# BSD flavour
+# PREFIX?=/usr/local
+# LIBOWFAT_HEADERS=$(PREFIX)/include/libowfat
+# LIBOWFAT_LIBRARY=$(PREFIX)/lib
+
+# Debug flavour
+PREFIX?=..
+LIBOWFAT_HEADERS=$(PREFIX)/libowfat
+LIBOWFAT_LIBRARY=$(PREFIX)/libowfat
+
+BINDIR?=$(PREFIX)/bin
+
+FEATURES+=-DWANT_V6
+
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_ACCESSLIST_BLACK
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_ACCESSLIST_WHITE
+
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_SYNC_LIVE
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_IP_FROM_QUERY_STRING
+FEATURES+=-DWANT_COMPRESSION_GZIP
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_COMPRESSION_GZIP_ALWAYS
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_LOG_NETWORKS
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_RESTRICT_STATS
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_IP_FROM_PROXY
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_FULLLOG_NETWORKS
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_LOG_NUMWANT
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_MODEST_FULLSCRAPES
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_SPOT_WOODPECKER
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_SYSLOGS
+#FEATURES+=-DWANT_DEV_RANDOM
+FEATURES+=-DWANT_FULLSCRAPE
+
+#FEATURES+=-D_DEBUG_HTTPERROR
+
+OPTS_debug=-D_DEBUG -g -ggdb # -pg -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage
+OPTS_production=-O3
+
+CFLAGS+=-I$(LIBOWFAT_HEADERS) -Wall -pipe -Wextra #-ansi -pedantic
+LDFLAGS+=-L$(LIBOWFAT_LIBRARY) -lowfat -pthread -lpthread -lz
+
+BINARY =opentracker
+HEADERS=trackerlogic.h scan_urlencoded_query.h ot_mutex.h ot_stats.h ot_vector.h ot_clean.h ot_udp.h ot_iovec.h ot_fullscrape.h ot_accesslist.h ot_http.h ot_livesync.h ot_rijndael.h
+SOURCES=opentracker.c trackerlogic.c scan_urlencoded_query.c ot_mutex.c ot_stats.c ot_vector.c ot_clean.c ot_udp.c ot_iovec.c ot_fullscrape.c ot_accesslist.c ot_http.c ot_livesync.c ot_rijndael.c
+SOURCES_proxy=proxy.c ot_vector.c ot_mutex.c
+
+OBJECTS = $(SOURCES:%.c=%.o)
+OBJECTS_debug = $(SOURCES:%.c=%.debug.o)
+OBJECTS_proxy = $(SOURCES_proxy:%.c=%.o)
+OBJECTS_proxy_debug = $(SOURCES_proxy:%.c=%.debug.o)
+
+.SUFFIXES: .debug.o .o .c
+
+all: $(BINARY) $(BINARY).debug
+
+CFLAGS_production = $(CFLAGS) $(OPTS_production) $(FEATURES)
+CFLAGS_debug = $(CFLAGS) $(OPTS_debug) $(FEATURES)
+
+$(BINARY): $(OBJECTS) $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	strip $@
+$(BINARY).debug: $(OBJECTS_debug) $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS_debug) $(LDFLAGS)
+proxy: $(OBJECTS_proxy) $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS_proxy) $(CFLAGS_production) $(LDFLAGS)
+proxy.debug: $(OBJECTS_proxy_debug) $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS_proxy_debug) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+.c.debug.o : $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $(CFLAGS_debug) $(<:.debug.o=.c)
+
+.c.o : $(HEADERS)
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $(CFLAGS_production) $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf opentracker opentracker.debug *.o *~
+
+install:
+	install -m 755 opentracker $(BINDIR)
diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 55ab57b..6119194 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #=================================================
 
 # dependencies used by the app
-pkg_dependencies="libowfat-dev zlib1g-dev"
+pkg_dependencies="libowfat-dev zlib1g-dev make build-essential"
 
 #=================================================
 # PERSONAL HELPERS