diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90b5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+CFLAGS?=-O2 -g -Wall -W $(shell pkg-config --cflags librtlsdr)
+CFLAGS+= -I./aisdecoder -I ./aisdecoder/lib
+LDFLAGS+=$(shell pkg-config --libs librtlsdr) -lpthread -lm
+CC?=gcc
+SOURCES= \
+	rtl_ais.c convenience.c \
+	./aisdecoder/aisdecoder.c \
+	./aisdecoder/sounddecoder.c \
+	./aisdecoder/lib/receiver.c \
+	./aisdecoder/lib/protodec.c \
+	./aisdecoder/lib/hmalloc.c \
+	./aisdecoder/lib/filter.c
+
+OBJECTS=$(SOURCES:.c=.o)
+EXECUTABLE=rtl_ais
+
+all: $(SOURCES) $(EXECUTABLE)
+    
+$(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS) 
+	$(CC) $(OBJECTS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) -c $< -o $@ $(CFLAGS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(EXECUTABLE)
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b59805d..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# todo, a real makefile
-
-#point this to the correct path
-RTLSDR_PATH="/tmp/rtl-sdr-exp/src"
-
-files="rtl_ais.c convenience.c \
-		./aisdecoder/aisdecoder.c ./aisdecoder/sounddecoder.c \
-		./aisdecoder/lib/receiver.c 
-		./aisdecoder/lib/protodec.c
-		./aisdecoder/lib/hmalloc.c
-		./aisdecoder/lib/filter.c "
-		
-flags="-Wall -O2 "
-includes="-I/usr/include/libusb-1.0 -I./aisdecoder -I ./aisdecoder/lib"
-libs="-L/usr/lib -L. -lusb-1.0 -lrtlsdr -lpthread -lm "
-
-UNAME=$(uname)
-if [ "$UNAME" != "Linux" ]
-then
-# Conditional section for Windows
-	libs="$libs -lWs2_32"
-fi
-
-rm -f rtl_ais
-echo gcc -o rtl_ais $files $flags $includes $libs 
-gcc -o rtl_ais $files $flags $includes $libs 
-