diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
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+#
+# UPX Makefile - needs GNU make 3.80 or better
+#
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+MAKEFLAGS += -rR
+override m = $($1) $(EXTRA_$1) $(UPX_EXTRA_$1)
+
+srcdir ?= $(dir $(word $(words $(MAKEFILE_LIST)),$(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
+ifneq ($(srcdir),./)
+srcdir := $(shell echo '$(srcdir)' | sed 's,/*$$,,')
+##$(warning Info: using VPATH . $(srcdir))
+VPATH = . $(srcdir)
+endif
+
+CXX = g++
+CPPFLAGS += $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)
+CXXFLAGS += -O2 -MMD
+CXXFLAGS += -Wall -W -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Werror
+CXXLD = $(CXX)
+
+# we need UCL and zlib - you can set envvar UCLDIR
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(UCLDIR)/include/ucl/ucl.h),)
+INCLUDES += -I$(UCLDIR)/include
+LIBS += -L$(UCLDIR) -L$(UCLDIR)/src/.libs
+endif
+LIBS += -lucl -lz
+
+upx_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(srcdir)/*.cpp)
+upx_OBJECTS := $(notdir $(upx_SOURCES:.cpp=.o))
+
+all: upx.out
+
+upx.out: $(upx_OBJECTS) $(upx_DEPENDENCIES)
+	$(strip $(CXXLD) $(call m,CPPFLAGS) $(call m,CXXFLAGS) $(call m,LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(upx_OBJECTS) $(upx_OJBECTS) $(LIBS))
+
+%.o : %.cpp
+	$(strip $(CXX) $(call m,CPPFLAGS) $(call m,CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.d *.o upx.out
+
+-include *.d
+.PHONY: all clean