diff --git a/apps/py_sems/Makefile b/apps/py_sems/Makefile
index 91b824bb..b044b7ea 100644
--- a/apps/py_sems/Makefile
+++ b/apps/py_sems/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ PYTHON_DYNLOAD_MODULES = $(wildcard $(PYTHON_LIBDIR)/lib-dynload/*.so) \
 PYTHON_module_cflags = -I$(PYTHON_DIR) -Isip/
 PYTHON_module_ldflags = -Xlinker --export-dynamic \
 			-L$(PYTHON_LIBDIR)/config \
-			-lpython$(PY_VER) $(wildcard sip/*.o)
+			-lpython$(PY_VER) 
+
 #\
 #$(PYTHON_DYNLOAD_MODULES)
 
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ python_files:
 
 endif
 
+module_extra_objs = sip/py_sems_lib.a
+
 extra_clean = clean_py_sems_lib
 
 include $(COREPATH)/plug-in/Makefile.app_module
@@ -103,4 +106,8 @@ install_python_files: $(modules-prefix)/$(modules-dir)
 
 .PHONY: clean_py_sems_lib
 clean_py_sems_lib:
-	cd sip; $(MAKE) clean
\ No newline at end of file
+	$(MAKE) -C sip/ clean
+	rm -f sip/py_sems_lib.a
+
+sip/py_sems_lib.a: 
+	$(MAKE) -C sip/ py_sems_lib.a
diff --git a/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile b/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile
index 1e144940..2f18944b 100644
--- a/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile
+++ b/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 
 COREPATH ?=../../../core
 
-PY_VER = 2.3
-SIP_FILES = $(wildcard *.sip)
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: py_sems.so
+AR		?= ar
+RANLIB		?= ranlib
 
+PYTHON_VERSION ?= 2.4
+PY_VER = $(PYTHON_VERSION)
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.gen clean
+SIP_FILES = $(wildcard *.sip)
+lib_name = py_sems_lib.a
 
+include Makefile.gen
 
 .PHONY: cleaner
 cleaner: clean
@@ -20,5 +19,8 @@ cleaner: clean
 Makefile.gen: configure.py $(SIP_FILES)
 	python$(VER) configure.py
 
-py_sems.so: Makefile.gen $(SIP_FILES)
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.gen COREPATH=$(COREPATH)
+$(lib_name): $(OFILES)  Makefile.gen
+	if [ -f $(lib_name) ]; then rm $(RMFLAGS) $(lib_name) ; fi
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $(lib_name) $(OFILES)
+	$(RANLIB) $(lib_name)
+
diff --git a/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile.gen b/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile.gen
index 9370c941..e4942285 100644
--- a/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile.gen
+++ b/apps/py_sems/sip/Makefile.gen
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ HFILES = sipAPIpy_sems_lib.h sippy_sems_libPySemsDialog.h sippy_sems_libAmAudioF
 CC = gcc
 CXX = g++
 LINK = g++
-CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(COREPATH) -I/usr/include/python2.3
+CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(COREPATH) -I/usr/include/python2.4
 CFLAGS = -pipe -fPIC -O2 -w
 CXXFLAGS = -Wall -Wno-reorder -g -pipe -fPIC -O2 -w
 LFLAGS = -g -shared -Wl,--version-script=py_sems_lib.exp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ $(TARGET): $(OFILES)
 $(OFILES): $(HFILES)
 
 install: $(TARGET)
-	@test -d $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages
-	cp -f $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/$(TARGET)
-	strip $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/$(TARGET)
+	@test -d $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages
+	cp -f $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/$(TARGET)
+	strip $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/$(TARGET)
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f $(TARGET)