diff --git a/ext/cvode/Makefile.am b/ext/cvode/Makefile.am
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+cc_sources              = band.c cvband.c cvbandpre.c cvdense.c cvdiag.c   \
+                          cvode.c cvspgmr.c dense.c iterativ.c llnlmath.c  \
+	                  nvector.c spgmr.c
+
+h_sources                = band.h cvband.h cvbandpre.h cvdense.h cvdiag.h  \
+                           cvode.h cvspgmr.h dense.h iterativ.h llnlmath.h \
+                           llnltyps.h nvector.h spgmr.h
+
+
+INCLUDES                = 
+AM_CXXFLAGS             = $(INCLUDES)
+AM_FCFLAGS              = $(INCLUDES)
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES         = $(top_builddir)/build/lib/libcvode.la
+library_includedir      = $(top_builddir)/build/include
+library_include_HEADERS = $(h_sources)
+
+#-----------------------
+# Cantera Converters C/C++ library
+#-----------------------
+
+__top_builddir__build_lib_libcvode_la_LDFLAGS      = $(all_libraries) -release $(GENERIC_RELEASE)
+__top_builddir__build_lib_libcvode_la_SOURCES      = $(fc_sources) $(cc_sources)
+
+CLEANFILES = *.o