diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
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+# TEXLIVE_SRC must be a precompiled TEXLIVE build with dynamic libraries
+TEXLIVE_SRC = $(HOME)/texlive-src
+# We expect to find a precompiled static library compiled with -fpic here
+LUA_DIR = $(HOME)/lua54/lua-5.4.0
+
+INCLUDE_DIRS = $(TEXLIVE_SRC)/Work/texk $(TEXLIVE_SRC)/texk $(LUA_DIR)/src
+LINK.so = $(LINK.o) -shared
+
+override CFLAGS += -fpic -DHAVE_DECL_ISASCII=1 $(patsubst %,-I%,$(INCLUDE_DIRS))
+override LDFLAGS += -Wl,-version-script=versionscript
+
+kpse.so: lkpselib.o $(TEXLIVE_SRC)/Work/texk/kpathsea/.libs/libkpathsea.a $(LUA_DIR)/src/liblua.a
+
+%.so:
+	$(LINK.so) $^ $(LOADLIBES) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+lkpselib.o: lkpselib.c
diff --git a/versionscript b/versionscript
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+++ b/versionscript
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+{
+  global: luaopen_kpse;
+  local: *;
+};