diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a02a4f..a1a06ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 keywords = ["vsprintf", "sprintf", "printf", "va_list", "va_arg"]
 
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["rlib", "dylib"]
+
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index c32e4e9..c720d16 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ fn main() {
 
     cc::Build::new()
         .file("src/lib.c")
-        .compile("libvsprintf.a");
+        .compile("libvsprintf-c.a");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 97d99de..9177c0b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ pub unsafe fn vsprintf_raw<V>(format: *const c_char,
     Ok(buffer)
 }
 
-extern {
+#[link(name = "vsprintf-c", kind = "static")]
+extern "C" {
     fn vsnprintf_wrapper(buffer: *mut u8,
                          size: size_t,
                          format: *const c_char,