diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4370544..ca391f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ test/repos.out
 test/repos.stamp
 test/test*.out
 test/test*.ok
+libfetch/*err.h
+*.a
 *.o
 *.d
 *.cmd
diff --git a/Make.rules b/Make.rules
index 6457d6f..7f33e0a 100644
--- a/Make.rules
+++ b/Make.rules
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export FULL_VERSION RCS_FIND_IGNORE
 
 CROSS_COMPILE	?=
 CC		:= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
+AR		:= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
 LD		:= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld
 INSTALL		:= install
 INSTALLDIR	:= $(INSTALL) -d
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ CFLAGS_ALL	+= $(CFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS		?= -g
 LDFLAGS_ALL	+= $(LDFLAGS)
 
-export CC LD INSTALL INSTALLDIR CFLAGS_ALL LDFLAGS_ALL
+export CC AR LD INSTALL INSTALLDIR CFLAGS_ALL LDFLAGS_ALL
 
 build		:=
 
@@ -178,6 +179,10 @@ c_flags		= -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(CPPFLAGS) \
 		  $(CFLAGS_ALL) $(CFLAGS_EXTRA) $(CFLAGS_$(notdir $@))
 ld_flags	= $(LDFLAGS_ALL) $(LDFLAGS_EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS_$(notdir $@))
 
+#####
+# Generated targets
+generate: $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(generate-y)))
+
 #####
 # Compile c-files.
 quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC      $@
@@ -193,41 +198,60 @@ endef
 
 $(obj)/%.o: override local-target-prereqs=%
 
-$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
+$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE | generate
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
+#####
+# Link static libraries
+#
+__arlibs := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(libs-y)))
+arobjs	 := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(foreach m,$(libs-y),$($(m)-objs))))
+
+# link shared library
+quiet_cmd_ar	= AR      $@
+      cmd_ar = $(AR) rcs $@ $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs))
+
+$(__arlibs): override local-target-prereqs=$(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(*F)-objs))
+
+$(__arlibs): $(obj)/%: $(arobjs) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,ar)
+
+targets += $(__arlibs) $(arobjs)
+
 #####
 # Link shared libraries
 #
 __shlibs := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(shlibs-y)))
-shobjs	 := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(foreach m,$(shlibs-y),$($(m)-objs)))) 
+shobjs	 := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(foreach m,$(shlibs-y),$($(m)-objs)))) $(sort $(foreach m,$(shlibs-y),$($(m)-libs)))
 
 # link shared library
 quiet_cmd_shlib	= LD -shared $@
       cmd_shlib = $(CC) $(ld_flags) -shared -o $@ \
-      		  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs)) \
+		  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs)) \
+		  $($(@F)-libs) \
 		  $(LIBS) $(LIBS_$(@F))
 
-$(__shlibs): override local-target-prereqs=$(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(*F)-objs))
+$(__shlibs): override local-target-prereqs=$(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(*F)-objs)) $($(*F)-libs)
 
 $(__shlibs): $(obj)/%: $(shobjs) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,shlib)
 
 targets += $(__shlibs) $(shobjs)
+
 #####
 # Link programs
 
 # Link an executable based on list of .o files, all plain c
 # host-cmulti -> executable
 __progs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(progs-y)))
-cobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(foreach m,$(progs-y),$($(m)-objs))))
+cobjs	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(foreach m,$(progs-y),$($(m)-objs)))) $(sort $(foreach m,$(progs-y),$($(m)-libs)))
 
 quiet_cmd_ld	= LD      $@
       cmd_ld	= $(CC) $(ld_flags) -o $@ \
-			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs)) \
+			  $(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(@F)-objs)) $($(@F)-libs) \
 			  $(LIBS) $(LIBS_$(@F))
 
-$(__progs): override local-target-prereqs=$(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(*F)-objs))
+$(__progs): override local-target-prereqs=$(addprefix $(obj)/,$($(*F)-objs)) $($(*F)-libs)
 
 $(__progs): $(obj)/%: $(cobjs) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,ld)
@@ -263,18 +287,24 @@ endif
 %/: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f Make.rules build=$(build-dir) $(MAKECMDGOALS)
 
-compile: $(targets)
+compile: generate $(targets)
 	@:
 
 install: $(targets) FORCE
 
+generate:
+
 clean: $(filter %/,$(targets))
 ifeq ($(toplevelrun),yes)
 	$(Q)find . $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
 		\( -name '*.[oas]' -o -name '.*.cmd' -o -name '.*.d' \) \
 		-type f -print | xargs rm -f
 endif
-	$(Q)rm -rf $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(sort $(progs-y) $(progs-n) $(progs-) $(shlibs-y) $(shlibs-n) $(shlibs-)))
+	$(Q)rm -rf $(addprefix $(obj)/, \
+		$(sort	$(progs-y) $(progs-n) $(progs-) \
+			$(shlibs-y) $(shlibs-n) $(shlibs-) \
+			$(libs-y) $(libs-n) $(libs-) \
+			$(generate-y) $(generate-n) $(generate-)))
 
 ifeq ($(origin VERSION),command line)
 DIST_VERSION=$(VERSION)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 52c2c00..e8892fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export DESTDIR SBINDIR LIBDIR CONFDIR MANDIR DOCDIR
 ##
 # Top-level rules and targets
 
-targets		:= src/
+targets		:= libfetch/ src/
 
 ##
 # Include all rules and stuff
@@ -41,3 +41,5 @@ check test: FORCE
 
 static:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) STATIC=y
+
+src/: libfetch/
diff --git a/libfetch/Makefile b/libfetch/Makefile
index cfcef4b..6b183cb 100644
--- a/libfetch/Makefile
+++ b/libfetch/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,10 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2016/10/27 10:05:38 joerg Exp $
+CFLAGS_ALL		+= -DINET6 -DWITH_SSL -DFTP_COMBINE_CWDS
+libs-y			+= libfetch.a
+libfetch.a-objs		:= common.o fetch.o file.o ftp.o http.o
+generate-y		+= ftperr.h httperr.h
 
-LIB=		fetch
-SRCS=		fetch.c common.c ftp.c http.c file.c
-DPSRCS= 	ftperr.h httperr.h
-INCS=		fetch.h
-MAN=		fetch.3
-CLEANFILES=	ftperr.h httperr.h
-MKLINT=		no
-MKPIC=		no
-MKPROFILE=	no
+quiet_cmd_generr = GENERR  $@
+      cmd_generr = $(obj)/errlist.sh $(basename $(<F))_errlist $(shell echo $(basename $(<F)) | tr a-z A-Z) $< > $@
 
-.include <bsd.own.mk>
-
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I.
-CPPFLAGS+=	-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGE_FILES -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
-
-FETCH_WITH_INET6?=	no
-FETCH_WITH_OPENSSL?=	no
-
-.if !empty(FETCH_WITH_INET6:M[yY][eE][sS])
-CPPFLAGS+=	-DINET6
-.endif
-
-.if !empty(FETCH_WITH_OPENSSL:M[yY][eE][sS])
-CPPFLAGS+=	-DWITH_SSL
-LDADD=		-lssl -lcrypto
-.endif
-
-CPPFLAGS+=	-DFTP_COMBINE_CWDS
-
-WARNS?=		4
-
-ftp.o: ftperr.h
-http.o: httperr.h
-
-ftperr.h: ${.CURDIR}/ftp.errors ${.CURDIR}/Makefile ${.CURDIR}/errlist.sh
-	sh ${.CURDIR}/errlist.sh ftp_errlist FTP \
-	    ${.CURDIR}/ftp.errors > ${.TARGET}
-
-httperr.h: ${.CURDIR}/http.errors ${.CURDIR}/Makefile ${.CURDIR}/errlist.sh
-	sh ${.CURDIR}/errlist.sh http_errlist HTTP \
-	    ${.CURDIR}/http.errors > ${.TARGET}
-
-.include <bsd.lib.mk>
+$(obj)/%err.h: $(obj)/%.errors
+	@$(call echo-cmd,generr) $(cmd_generr); $(cmd_generr)
diff --git a/libfetch/common.c b/libfetch/common.c
index c1e1587..1fbd0d4 100644
--- a/libfetch/common.c
+++ b/libfetch/common.c
@@ -33,32 +33,19 @@
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat.h>
-#endif
 
+#include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/uio.h>
-#if HAVE_POLL_H
-#include <poll.h>
-#elif HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
-#include <sys/poll.h>
-#endif
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#if defined(HAVE_INTTYPES_H) || defined(NETBSD)
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat/netdb.h>
-#else
 #include <netdb.h>
-#endif
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/libfetch/fetch.c b/libfetch/fetch.c
index c287097..78cec71 100644
--- a/libfetch/fetch.c
+++ b/libfetch/fetch.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
diff --git a/libfetch/file.c b/libfetch/file.c
index b092fdf..a18d94c 100644
--- a/libfetch/file.c
+++ b/libfetch/file.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
diff --git a/libfetch/ftp.c b/libfetch/ftp.c
index 79dcbbc..af6a964 100644
--- a/libfetch/ftp.c
+++ b/libfetch/ftp.c
@@ -57,17 +57,9 @@
  *
  */
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-/* Keep this down to Linux, it can create surprises else where. */
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#endif
-
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -78,17 +70,10 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#if defined(HAVE_INTTYPES_H) || defined(NETBSD)
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat/netdb.h>
-#include <nbcompat/stdio.h>
-#else
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/libfetch/http.c b/libfetch/http.c
index d0882e2..6cf5aac 100644
--- a/libfetch/http.c
+++ b/libfetch/http.c
@@ -63,24 +63,12 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__MINT__) || defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__)
-/* Keep this down to Linux or MiNT, it can create surprises elsewhere. */
-/*
-   __FreeBSD_kernel__ is defined for GNU/kFreeBSD.
-   See http://glibc-bsd.alioth.debian.org/porting/PORTING .
-*/
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#endif
-
 /* Needed for gmtime_r on Interix */
 #define _REENTRANT
 
 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat.h>
-#endif
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -89,11 +77,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat/stdio.h>
-#else
 #include <stdio.h>
-#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -101,13 +85,7 @@
 
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <netinet/tcp.h>
-
-#ifndef NETBSD
-#include <nbcompat/netdb.h>
-#else
 #include <netdb.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 #include "fetch.h"
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 5fe2bc8..c891bca 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ OPENSSL_LIBS		:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs openssl)
 ZLIB_CFLAGS		:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags zlib)
 ZLIB_LIBS		:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs zlib)
 
-FETCH_LIBS		:= $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=libfetch.a)
-
 # lua module
 ifneq ($(LUAAPK),)
 LUA_VERSION		?= 5.2
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ apk-objs		:= apk.o add.o del.o fix.o update.o info.o \
 libapk.so-objs		:= common.o database.o package.o archive.o \
 			   version.o io.o url.o gunzip.o blob.o hash.o print.o \
 			   commit.o solver.o
+libapk.so-libs		:= libfetch/libfetch.a
 
 ifeq ($(TEST),y)
 progs-y			+= apk-test
@@ -42,6 +41,9 @@ ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBAPK),)
 apk-objs		+= $(libapk.so-objs)
 apk-test-objs		+= $(libapk.so-objs)
 apk.so-objs		+= $(libapk.so-objs)
+apk-libs		+= $(libapk.so-libs)
+apk-test-libs		+= $(libapk.so-libs)
+apk.so-libs		+= $(libapk.so-libs)
 else
 LIBAPK			:= YesPlease
 LIBS_apk		:= -lapk
@@ -56,13 +58,14 @@ install-LIBAPK-y	:= $(INSTALLDIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR) && \
 			   $(INSTALL) $(LIBAPK-y) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
 endif
 
-CFLAGS_ALL		+= -D_ATFILE_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_ALL		+= -D_ATFILE_SOURCE -Ilibfetch
 CFLAGS_apk.o		:= -DAPK_VERSION=\"$(FULL_VERSION)\"
 CFLAGS_apk-static.o	:= -DAPK_VERSION=\"$(FULL_VERSION)\" -DOPENSSL_NO_ENGINE
 CFLAGS_apk-test.o	:= -DAPK_VERSION=\"$(FULL_VERSION)\" -DOPENSSL_NO_ENGINE -DTEST_MODE
 
 progs-$(STATIC)		+= apk.static
 apk.static-objs		:= $(filter-out apk.o,$(apk-objs)) apk-static.o
+apk.static-libs		:= $(apk-libs)
 LDFLAGS_apk.static	:= -static
 LIBS_apk.static		:= -Wl,--as-needed -ldl -Wl,--no-as-needed
 LDFLAGS_apk		+= -L$(obj)
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ LDFLAGS_apk-test	+= -L$(obj)
 
 CFLAGS_ALL		+= $(OPENSSL_CFLAGS) $(ZLIB_CFLAGS)
 LIBS			:= -Wl,--as-needed \
-				$(FETCH_LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS) \
+				$(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(ZLIB_LIBS) \
 			   -Wl,--no-as-needed
 
 $(obj)/apk: $(LIBAPK-y)