diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e4d9d84..020da267 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 06/01/2004 - 1.8.2-WIP
 	- Compile fixes for DJGPP. (Chrisophe Grenier, me)
 	- Add compatibility for building on FreeBSD. (Christophe Grenier)
+	- Add new compile target "make libs" which only compiles libntfs.
 
 06/01/2004 - 1.8.1 - Important bug fix and various enhancements.
 	- Add new API function attrib.[hc]:ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist().
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 150a0904..2f0ee189 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ extra:	extras
 extras:
 	$(MAKE) -C ntfsprogs extras
 
+libs:
+	$(MAKE) -C libntfs libs
+
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index c5242514..0885e97c 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -470,6 +470,9 @@ extra:	extras
 
 extras:
 	$(MAKE) -C ntfsprogs extras
+
+libs:
+	$(MAKE) -C libntfs libs
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT:
diff --git a/libntfs/Makefile.am b/libntfs/Makefile.am
index eb1a43ea..4cc8cba5 100644
--- a/libntfs/Makefile.am
+++ b/libntfs/Makefile.am
@@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ INCLUDES = $(linux_ntfsincludedir) $(all_includes)
 
 EXTRA_DIST = unix_io.c win32_io.c libntfs.conf.in
 
+libs:	$(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
+
diff --git a/libntfs/Makefile.in b/libntfs/Makefile.in
index fef108ac..6075450e 100644
--- a/libntfs/Makefile.in
+++ b/libntfs/Makefile.in
@@ -126,14 +126,6 @@ install_sh = @install_sh@
 LTVERSION_LIBNTFS = 5:0:0
 LTVERSION_LIBNTFS_GNOMEVFS = 1:0:0
 
-# Later gcc require -fms-extensions to work.
-@GCC_NEEDS_MS_EXTENSIONS_TRUE@GCCflag = -fms-extensions
-@GCC_NEEDS_MS_EXTENSIONS_FALSE@GCCflag = 
-
-# Need this to enable 64-bit (device) file access functions and parameters.
-@DEBUG_TRUE@AM_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall -g -DDEBUG $(GCCflag)
-@DEBUG_FALSE@AM_CFLAGS = -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -Wall $(GCCflag)
-
 linux_ntfsincludedir = -I$(top_srcdir)/include
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libntfs.la
@@ -165,7 +157,7 @@ libntfs_la_SOURCES = \
 libntfs_gnomevfs_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(LTVERSION_LIBNTFS_GNOMEVFS)
 libntfs_gnomevfs_la_LIBADD = libntfs.la
 libntfs_gnomevfs_la_LIBS = $(LIBNTFS_GNOMEVFS_LIBS)
-libntfs_gnomevfs_la_CFLAGS = $(LIBNTFS_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS) $(GCCflag)
+libntfs_gnomevfs_la_CFLAGS = $(LIBNTFS_GNOMEVFS_CFLAGS)
 libntfs_gnomevfs_la_SOURCES = \
 	gnome-vfs-method.c	\
 	gnome-vfs-module.c
@@ -604,6 +596,8 @@ uninstall-man: uninstall-man8
 	uninstall-gnomevfsmoduleslibLTLIBRARIES uninstall-info-am \
 	uninstall-libLTLIBRARIES uninstall-man uninstall-man8
 
+
+libs:	$(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
 .NOEXPORT: