diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4010387..c32ed6b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 all: xkblayout-state
 
 XKeyboard.o: XKeyboard.cpp XKeyboard.h X11Exception.h
-	g++ -Wall -O2 XKeyboard.cpp -o XKeyboard.o
+	g++ -c -Wall -O2 XKeyboard.cpp -o XKeyboard.o
 
 wrapper.o: wrapper.cpp XKeyboard.h
-	g++ -Wall -O2 wrapper.cpp -o wrapper.o
+	g++ -c -Wall -O2 wrapper.cpp -o wrapper.o
 
 xkblayout-state: XKeyboard.o wrapper.o
 	g++ XKeyboard.o wrapper.o -lX11 -o xkblayout-state