diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 44787f9..7019290 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -147,6 +147,31 @@ endif
 EXTRA_DIST += src/genversion.sh
 GITHEAD:=$(shell $(emptyvariable)"$(srcdir)/src/genversion.sh" "$(srcdir)/src/shl_githead.c")
 
+#
+# Binary File Compiler
+# This target gets as input a binary file *.bin and produces an ELF/etc. output
+# object file *.bin.o and the corresponding libtool file *.bin.lo.
+# Note that we fake the libtool object files as there is no way to make libtool
+# create it. The comments in the .lo file are mandatory so don't remove them!
+#
+
+CLEANFILES += src/*.bin.lo src/*.bin.o
+
+src/%.bin.lo: src/%.bin
+	$(AM_V_GEN)$(LD) -r -o "src/$*.bin.o" -z noexecstack --format=binary "$<"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# $@ - a libtool object file" >"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# Generated by $(shell $(LIBTOOL) --version | head -n 1)" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "#" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# Please DO NOT delete this file!" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# It is necessary for linking the library." >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# Name of the PIC object." >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "pic_object='$*.bin.o'" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "# Name of the non-PIC object" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo "non_pic_object='$*.bin.o'" >>"$@"
+	$(AM_V_at)echo >>"$@"
+
 #
 # SHL - Static Helper Library
 # The SHL subsystem contains several small code pieces used all over kmscon and
@@ -430,6 +455,7 @@ src/static_shaders.c: $(SHADERS) genshader$(EXEEXT)
 
 UNIFONT = $(top_srcdir)/src/font_unifont_data.hex
 UNIFONT_BIN = src/font_unifont_data.bin
+UNIFONT_LT = src/font_unifont_data.bin.lo
 
 EXTRA_DIST += $(UNIFONT)
 CLEANFILES += $(UNIFONT_BIN)
@@ -451,14 +477,13 @@ mod_unifont_la_SOURCES = \
 	src/kmscon_module_interface.h \
 	src/font_unifont.c \
 	src/kmscon_mod_unifont.c
-EXTRA_mod_unifont_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(UNIFONT_BIN)
-mod_unifont_la_LIBADD = libshl.la
+mod_unifont_la_LIBADD = \
+	$(UNIFONT_LT) \
+	libshl.la
 mod_unifont_la_LDFLAGS = \
 	$(AM_LDFLAGS) \
 	-module \
-	-avoid-version \
-	-Wl,-z,noexecstack \
-	-Wl,--format=binary -Wl,$(UNIFONT_BIN) -Wl,--format=default
+	-avoid-version
 
 if BUILD_ENABLE_FONT_FREETYPE2
 module_LTLIBRARIES += mod-freetype2.la