diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 96427c2e..53278de2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ LIBSCCONF="\${top_builddir}/src/scconf/libscconf.la"
 AC_SUBST(LIBSCLDAP)
 LIBSCLDAP="\${top_builddir}/src/scldap/libscldap.la"
 AC_SUBST(LIBSCRANDOM)
-LIBSCRANDOM="\${top_builddir}/src/scrandom/libscrandom.a"
+LIBSCRANDOM="\${top_builddir}/src/scrandom/libscrandom.la"
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SCIDI, test "foo" = "bar")
 
diff --git a/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am b/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
index 6456dbe2..d7869121 100644
--- a/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/pkcs11/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SUBDIRS = . rsaref
 INCLUDES = @CFLAGS_OPENSC@ -I../pkcs15init
 
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @LIBDL@ @LIBOPENSC@ ../pkcs15init/libpkcs15init.la \
-	  ../scrandom/libscrandom.a
+	  ../scrandom/libscrandom.la
 
 SRC = pkcs11-global.c pkcs11-session.c pkcs11-object.c misc.c slot.c \
         mechanism.c openssl.c \
diff --git a/src/scrandom/Makefile.am b/src/scrandom/Makefile.am
index 64f52236..6c6cb79b 100644
--- a/src/scrandom/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/scrandom/Makefile.am
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ if HAVE_SSL
 SSL_LIB = @LIBCRYPTO@
 endif
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libscrandom.a
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libscrandom.la
 
-libscrandom_a_SOURCES = scrandom.c scrandom.h
+libscrandom_la_SOURCES = scrandom.c scrandom.h
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = test-random