1diff --git a/common/include/lib.mak.in b/common/include/lib.mak.in
2index 3afbb14..b8df9d9 100644
3--- a/common/include/lib.mak.in
4+++ b/common/include/lib.mak.in
5@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static: $(STATIC_LIB)
6 shared: $(SHARED_LIB)
7
8 $(STATIC_LIB): $(OBJECTS)
9- ar rcs $(STATIC_LIB) $(OBJECTS)
10+ $(AR) rcs $(STATIC_LIB) $(OBJECTS)
11
12 $(SHARED_LIB): $(OBJECTS)
13 $(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME) $(LDFLAGS) -o $(SHARED_LIB) \
14diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
15index 82ca3e1..0a78283 100644
16--- a/configure.ac
17+++ b/configure.ac
18@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if test "$YACC" != "bison -y"; then
19 AC_MSG_ERROR([bison not found])
20 fi
21
22+AC_CHECK_TOOL([AR], [ar], [:])
23+
24 AC_ARG_WITH(
25 [python],
26 [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-python],[compile without python support])],