diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b53ff5732..17da0e147 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 
 all: test install
 
-test:
-	mkdir -p cover
+build-erasure:
+	cd erasure && make
+
+
+test: build-erasure
 	godep go test -race -coverprofile=cover/cover.out github.com/minio-io/minio
 	godep go test -race github.com/minio-io/minio/cmd/minio
 
-install:
-	godep go install -race github.com/minio-io/minio/cmd/minio
+install: build-erasure
+	godep go install github.com/minio-io/minio/cmd/minio
 
 save:
 	godep save ./...
diff --git a/erasure/decode.go b/erasure/decode.go
index 9b152180b..f9fb6dd82 100644
--- a/erasure/decode.go
+++ b/erasure/decode.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 package erasure
 
 // #cgo CPPFLAGS: -Iisal/include
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: isal/isa-l.so
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: isal/isa-l.a
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 // #include <erasure-code.h>
 // #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/erasure/encode.go b/erasure/encode.go
index bc88d0e16..164066a88 100644
--- a/erasure/encode.go
+++ b/erasure/encode.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 package erasure
 
 // #cgo CPPFLAGS: -Iisal/include
-// #cgo LDFLAGS: isal/isa-l.so
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: isal/isa-l.a
 // #include <stdlib.h>
 // #include <erasure-code.h>
 // #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/isal b/isal
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..2659f434d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+erasure/isal
\ No newline at end of file