diff --git a/README b/README
index dbd6aa5..9cf8435 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Really Quick Instructions
 
 To build: ./make.sh
 To install: ./make.sh install
-    (you might want to set PREFIX, by default it's /usr/local)
+
+You might want to edit 'config' first.
 
 @TODO@
diff --git a/config b/config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af7bb31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# libiso8601/config
+# kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
+# vim: expandtab:ts=4:sw=4
+#
+#  (c)2006, Laurence Withers, <l@lwithers.me.uk>.
+#  Released under the GNU GPLv2. See file COPYING or
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html for details.
+#
+# This file contains options used to build libiso8601.
+#
+
+[ -z "${PREFIX}" ] && PREFIX="/usr/local"
+[ -z "${CC}" ] && CC="gcc"
+[ -z "${CFLAGS}" ] && CFLAGS="-g -O2 -W -Wall"
+[ -z "${BINDIR}" ] && BINDIR="${PREFIX}/bin"
+[ -z "${LIBDIR}" ] && LIBDIR="${PREFIX}/lib"
+[ -z "${INCLUDEDIR}" ] && INCLUDEDIR="${PREFIX}/include"
+[ -z "${FINALLIBDIR}" ] && FINALLIBDIR="${LIBDIR}"
+[ -z "${FINALINCLUDEDIR}" ] && FINALINCLUDEDIR="${INCLUDEDIR}"
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index cd9513e..2e5cf59 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -8,25 +8,14 @@
 
 
 # This file is the script used to build libiso8601. There are some
-# options that can be edited; these are set below (or you can pass them
-# in as variables).
-[ -z "${CC}" ] && CC="gcc"
-[ -z "${CXX}" ] && CXX="g++"
-[ -z "${CFLAGS}" ] && CFLAGS="-g -O2 -W -Wall"
-[ -z "${PREFIX}" ] && PREFIX="/usr/local"
-[ -z "${LIBDIR}" ] && LIBDIR="${PREFIX}/lib"
-[ -z "${BINDIR}" ] && BINDIR="${PREFIX}/bin"
-[ -z "${INCLUDEDIR}" ] && INCLUDEDIR="${PREFIX}/include"
-[ -z "${DOCSDIR}" ] && DOCSDIR="${PREFIX}/share/doc/libiso8601"
-
-# for pkg-config
-[ -z "${PKGCONFDIR}" ] && PKGCONFDIR="${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig"
-[ -z "${FINALLIBDIR}" ] && FINALLIBDIR="${LIBDIR}"
-[ -z "${FINALINCLUDEDIR}" ] && FINALINCLUDEDIR="${INCLUDEDIR}"
-
-# for SDCC-built firmware
-[ -z "${HEXDIR}" ] && HEXDIR="${PREFIX}/share/firmware"
-[ -z "${SDCC}" ] && SDCC="sdcc"
+# options that can be edited; these are set in the file 'config' (or you
+# can pass them in as environment variables).
+if [ ! -e "config" ]
+then
+    echo "Configuration file not found???"
+    exit 1
+fi
+source "config" # don't fail on error, since last command in config might return false
 
 
 
@@ -272,6 +261,7 @@ do
         echo "Cleaning..."
         rm -rf ${OUTPUT_DIRS}
         print_success "Done"
+        true
     ;;
 
     # bad Kdevelop! bad!
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index a540f48..8e5e559 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-build.c++.app
-build.c++.lib
-build.c++.qtapp
-build.c++.tests
-build.c.app
-build.c.lib
-build.c.tests
-build.doxygen.docs
-build.none.files
-build.sdcc.firmware
+build.app.c
+build.app.c++
+build.app.c++-qt
+build.docs.doxygen
+build.files.none
+build.firmware.gpasm
+build.firmware.sdcc
+build.lib.c
+build.lib.c++
+build.tests.c
+build.tests.c++
 module-create.sh
 release.sh
diff --git a/src/libiso8601/.params b/src/libiso8601/.params
index ecfef87..f30a104 100644
--- a/src/libiso8601/.params
+++ b/src/libiso8601/.params
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c lib libiso8601 iso8601.h
+lib c libiso8601 iso8601.h
diff --git a/src/libiso8601/build.install-lib b/src/libiso8601/build.install-lib
index de2f84f..ec04871 100644
--- a/src/libiso8601/build.install-lib
+++ b/src/libiso8601/build.install-lib
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ build_target libiso8601
 
 # make paths (this is for Gentoo in particular)
 build_dir_tree "${LIBDIR}" || return 1
-build_dir_tree "${PKGCONFDIR}" || return 1
+build_dir_tree "${BINDIR}" || return 1
 build_dir_tree "${INCLUDEDIR}" || return 1
 
 # install library
@@ -20,16 +20,20 @@ install_symlink "${BASE}" "${MAJOR}" "${LIBDIR}"
 echo "Installing header file '${libiso8601_HEADER}' into ${INCLUDEDIR}"
 install_header ${libiso8601_HEADER} ${INCLUDEDIR} 0644 || return 1
 
-# install pkgconfig file
-echo "Installing package config file into ${PKGCONFDIR}"
-PKGCONFFILE=${PKGCONFDIR}/libiso8601.pc
-do_cmd rm -f ${PKGCONFFILE}
-do_cmd_redir ${PKGCONFFILE} sed \
+# install config script
+echo "Installing config script into ${BINDIR}"
+CONFFILE="${BINDIR}/libiso8601-config"
+
+do_cmd rm -f "${CONFFILE}"
+do_cmd_redir "${CONFFILE}" sed \
     -e "s,@VERSION@,${VERSION}," \
-    -e "s,@LIBDIR@,${FINALLIBDIR}," \
-    -e "s,@INCLUDEDIR@,${FINALINCLUDEDIR}," \
-    src/libiso8601/pkgconf.in
-do_cmd chmod 0644 ${PKGCONFFILE}
+    -e "s,@DEP_CFLAGS@,${libiso8601_DEP_CFLAGS}," \
+    -e "s,@DEP_LIBS@,${libiso8601_DEP_LIBS}," \
+    -e "s,@LIB_DIR@,${FINALLIBDIR}," \
+    -e "s,@INCLUDE_DIR@,${FINALINCLUDEDIR}," \
+    src/libiso8601/config-script
+
+do_cmd chmod 0755 "${CONFFILE}"
 print_success "Done"
 
 # kate: replace-trailing-space-save true; space-indent true; tab-width 4;
diff --git a/src/libiso8601/build.lib b/src/libiso8601/build.lib
index da3ed66..714a3f7 100644
--- a/src/libiso8601/build.lib
+++ b/src/libiso8601/build.lib
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #  libiso8601_BUILT
 #  libiso8601_HEADER
 #  libiso8601_BASE
+#  libiso8601_DEP_CFLAGS
+#  libiso8601_DEP_LIBS
 
 if [ -z ${libiso8601_BUILT} ]
 then
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ then
     source src/libiso8601/soversion
 
     libiso8601="obj/${libiso8601_BASE}.so.${SOMAJOR}.${SOMINOR}.${SOMICRO}"
-    SO_EXTRA="-lrt -lc"
+    libiso8601_DEP_CFLAGS=""
+    libiso8601_DEP_LIBS=""
+    SO_EXTRA="${libiso8601_DEP_CFLAGS} ${libiso8601_DEP_LIBS} -lrt -lc"
 
     echo "Building library ${libiso8601}..."
 
diff --git a/src/tests/.params b/src/tests/.params
index 228e3e1..d3632f1 100644
--- a/src/tests/.params
+++ b/src/tests/.params
@@ -1 +1 @@
-c tests tests libiso8601
+tests c tests libiso8601