diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e7c2d04..6c46149 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -137,6 +137,4 @@ m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 # Generated Makefile
 # (meta build system like autotools,
 # can automatically generate from config.status script
-# (which is called by configure script))
-Makefile
-
+# (which is called by configure script)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..868ccb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+LUAINC?=/usr/include
+CC?=gcc
+
+
+OBJS = limap.o
+
+.PHONY: limap clean uwimap all
+#$(OBJS)
+
+CFLAGS =
+LDFLAGS = -lcrypt -lssl -lcrypto
+
+all: uwimap limap
+	@echo "DONE"
+
+uwimap:
+	cd imap && make slx EXTRACFLAGS="-fPIC -I/usr/include/openssl"
+
+%.o:  %.c
+	@echo "building obj files"
+	$(CC) -I$(LUAINC) -I./imap/c-client/ -fPIC  $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+
+limap: $(OBJS)
+	@echo "building shared library"
+	$(CC) -shared  \
+		$(OBJS) \
+		imap/c-client/c-client.a \
+		$(LDFLAGS) -o limap.so
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Clean all"
+	cd imap && make clean
+	- rm -rf *.o *.so *.a