diff -ur ltfat.org/src/Makefile_unix ltfat/src/Makefile_unix
--- ltfat.org/src/Makefile_unix	2016-01-05 17:21:15.961378462 -0500
+++ ltfat/src/Makefile_unix	2016-01-05 17:24:30.278398266 -0500
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 include comptarget.mk
 
 # This is used for Octave mxe 
-ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-   CFLAGS+=-fPIC
-endif
+#ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+#   CFLAGS+=-fPIC
+#endif
+AR ?= ar
+RANLIB ?= ranlib
 
 # Used only in the shared library build
 SHARED_FLAGS=-shared -Wl,--no-undefined -L"$(MATLABROOT)/bin/$(ARCH)" \
@@ -50,13 +52,13 @@
 shared: double_shared single_shared
 
 double_static: $(DFILES) Makefile_unix
-	ar rvu libltfat.a $(DFILES) 
-	ranlib libltfat.a
+	$(AR) rvu libltfat.a $(DFILES) 
+	$(RANLIB) libltfat.a
 	cp -f libltfat.a ../lib
 
 single_static: $(SFILES) Makefile_unix
-	ar rvu libltfatf.a $(SFILES) 
-	ranlib libltfatf.a
+	$(AR) rvu libltfatf.a $(SFILES) 
+	$(RANLIB) libltfatf.a
 	cp -f libltfatf.a ../lib
 
 double_shared: $(DFILES) Makefile_unix