diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+all: xkblayout-state
+
+XKeyboard.o: XKeyboard.cpp XKeyboard.h X11Exception.h
+	g++ -Wall -O2 XKeyboard.cpp -o XKeyboard.o
+
+wrapper.o: wrapper.cpp XKeyboard.h
+	g++ -Wall -O2 wrapper.cpp -o wrapper.o
+
+xkblayout-state: XKeyboard.o wrapper.o
+	g++ XKeyboard.o wrapper.o -lX11 -o xkblayout-state
+
+clean: 
+	rm -f xkblayout-state XKeyboard.o wrapper.o