diff --git a/make/lo.mk b/make/lo.mk
index 7b0938b5..3a323a1c 100644
--- a/make/lo.mk
+++ b/make/lo.mk
@@ -12,9 +12,16 @@ LOADABLE_OBJS_BASE            = $(patsubst $(CPP_PREFIX)%,%,$(basename $(notdir
 LOADABLE_OBJS                 = $(filter-out $(LOADABLE_OBJ_IGNORE),$(LOADABLE_OBJS_BASE))
 LOADABLE_OBJS_CPP             = $(patsubst %,%.cpp,$(LOADABLE_OBJS))
 LOADABLE_OBJS_O               = $(patsubst %,%.o,$(LOADABLE_OBJS))
-OTHER_CPP                     = $(filter-out $(LOADABLE_OBJS_CPP),$(wildcard *.cpp))
+
+OTHER_CPP_IGNORE              = $(patsubst %,$(CPP_PREFIX)%.cpp,$(LOADABLE_OBJ_IGNORE))
+OTHER_CPP                     = $(filter-out $(LOADABLE_OBJS_CPP) $(OTHER_CPP_IGNORE),$(wildcard *.cpp))
+ifneq ($(OTHER_CPP),)
 OTHER_O                       = $(patsubst %.cpp,%.o,$(OTHER_CPP))
-OTHER_MEMBERS_O               = liblocal.a($(OTHER_O))
+OTHER_LIB                     = liblocal.a
+OTHER_LIB_LDFLAGS             = -L. -llocal
+OTHER_MEMBERS_O               = $(OTHER_LIB)($(OTHER_O))
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 LOADABLE_OBJ_LIBS             = $(addprefix $(SO_PREFIX), $(addsuffix .so, $(LOADABLE_OBJS)))
 else
@@ -28,10 +35,10 @@ install: $(INSTALLED_LOADABLE_OBJ_LIBS)
 clean: clean.lo
 
 clean.lo: profclean
-	rm -f $(filter-out $(CPP_PREFIX)%.cpp,$(wildcard *.o *.cpp *.so *.done *.dll liblocal.a))
+	rm -f $(filter-out $(CPP_PREFIX)%.cpp,$(wildcard *.o *.cpp *.so *.done *.dll $(OTHER_LIB)))
 
-$(SO_PREFIX)%.so $(SO_PREFIX)%.dll: %.o liblocal.a
-	$(CPP) $< -L. -llocal -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+$(SO_PREFIX)%.so $(SO_PREFIX)%.dll: %.o $(OTHER_LIB)
+	$(CPP) $< -L. $(OTHER_LIB_LDFLAGS) -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
 
 %.cpp: $(TOOLS_DIR)/$(CPP_PREFIX)%.h
 	echo "#include \"$<\"" > $@.tmp
@@ -39,9 +46,11 @@ $(SO_PREFIX)%.so $(SO_PREFIX)%.dll: %.o liblocal.a
 	echo "$(LOADABLE_OBJ_HOOK)($(CPP_PREFIX)$*);" >> $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
-liblocal.a(%.o): %.o
-	ar cr liblocal.a $<
-liblocal.a: $(OTHER_MEMBERS_O)
+$(OTHER_LIB)(%.o): %.o
+	$(AR) r $(OTHER_LIB) $<
+	$(RANLIB) $(OTHER_LIB)
+
+$(OTHER_LIB): $(OTHER_MEMBERS_O)
 
 $(BUILD_LIBDIR)/%.so: %.so
 	install -m 755 $< $@