diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bef70699..2a738f04 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ clean:
 # Remove all generated files
 .PHONY: distclean
 distclean: clean
-	rm -f $(LIB)/libsupernovas.so* $(LIB)/libnovas.so* $(LIB)/libnovas.a $(LIB)/libsolsys*.so* cio_ra.bin
+	rm -f $(LIB)/libsupernovas.so* $(LIB)/libsupernovas.a $(LIB)/libnovas.so* $(LIB)/libnovas.a $(LIB)/libsolsys*.so* cio_ra.bin
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The nitty-gritty stuff below
@@ -161,9 +161,12 @@ $(LIB)/libsolsys-calceph.so.$(SO_VERSION): $(SRC)/solsys-calceph.c | $(LIB)/libs
 $(LIB)/libsolsys-cspice.so.$(SO_VERSION): LDFLAGS += -lcspice
 $(LIB)/libsolsys-cspice.so.$(SO_VERSION): $(SRC)/solsys-cspice.c | $(LIB)/libsupernovas.so
 
+# Static library: libsupernovas.a
+$(LIB)/libsupernovas.a: $(OBJECTS) | $(LIB) Makefile
 
-# Static library: libnovas.a
-$(LIB)/libnovas.a: $(OBJECTS) | $(LIB) Makefile
+$(LIB)/libnovas.a: $(LIB)/libsupernovas.a
+	@rm -f $@
+	ln -sr $< $@
 
 # CIO locator data
 cio_ra.bin: data/CIO_RA.TXT $(BIN)/cio_file
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ install-libs:
 ifneq ($(wildcard $(LIB)/*),)
 	@echo "installing libraries to $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"
 	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
-	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -D $(LIB)/lib*.so* $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
+	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -D $(LIB)/lib* $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
 else
 	@echo "WARNING! Skipping libs install: needs 'shared' and/or 'static'"
 endif