diff --git a/src/Makefile.am.alt b/src/Makefile.am.alt
index d718715..0e10925 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am.alt
+++ b/src/Makefile.am.alt
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-SUBDIRS = dependencies #\
-#zimlib \
-#ctpp2 \
-#pugixml \
-#components
+#SUBDIRS = dependencies zimlib ctpp2 pugixml components
+SUBDIRS = zimlib
 
 if WITH_MANAGER
     SUBDIRS += manager 
 endif
 
-if (IS_POSIX && WITH_SERVER)
-    SUBDIRS += server 
+if WITH_SERVER
+	SUBDIRS += server 
 endif
 
 if WITH_INDEXER
diff --git a/src/zimlib/Makefile.am.alt b/src/zimlib/Makefile.am.alt
index e69de29..6770d02 100644
--- a/src/zimlib/Makefile.am.alt
+++ b/src/zimlib/Makefile.am.alt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SUBDIRS=src
+EXTRA_DIST=include
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diff --git a/src/zimlib/src/Makefile.am.alt b/src/zimlib/src/Makefile.am.alt
index e69de29..37c3f5a 100644
--- a/src/zimlib/src/Makefile.am.alt
+++ b/src/zimlib/src/Makefile.am.alt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+AM_CPPFLAGS=-I$(top_srcdir)/src/zimlib/include
+
+noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libzim.la
+
+libzim_la_SOURCES = \
+	article.cpp \
+	articlesearch.cpp \
+	cluster.cpp \
+	dirent.cpp \
+	file.cpp \
+	fileheader.cpp \
+	fileimpl.cpp \
+	indexarticle.cpp \
+	ptrstream.cpp \
+	search.cpp \
+	template.cpp \
+	unicode.cpp \
+	uuid.cpp \
+	zintstream.cpp \
+	envvalue.cpp \
+	lzmastream.cpp \
+	unlzmastream.cpp \
+	fstream.cpp \
+	md5.cpp \
+	md5stream.cpp \
+	ptrstream.h \
+	log.h \
+	envvalue.h \
+	md5stream.h \
+	md5.h
+
+libzim_la_CXXFLAGS=${LZMA_CFLAGS} -fPIC -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+libzim_la_LDFLAGS=${LZMA_LDFLAGS}
+
+CLEANFILES=*.obj *.lib *.dll
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