diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eef9fad..4e64a1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ node_modules
 build
 examples
 *.log
+/*.a
+/*.dylib
+/*.so*
+*.o
+/bindings/c/*.h
+/bindings/c/tree-sitter-*.pc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 746c929..5c74e40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,114 @@
-TREE_SITTER=tree-sitter
+VERSION := 0.0.1
 
-all: fmt gen test
+# Repository
+SRC_DIR := src
 
-fmt:
-	./node_modules/.bin/prettier --write grammar.js
+PARSER_REPO_URL := $(shell git -C $(SRC_DIR) remote get-url origin )
 
-.PHONY: test
-test: gen
-	$(TREE_SITTER) test
+ifeq (, $(PARSER_NAME))
+	PARSER_NAME := $(shell basename $(PARSER_REPO_URL))
+	PARSER_NAME := $(subst tree-sitter-,,$(PARSER_NAME))
+	PARSER_NAME := $(subst .git,,$(PARSER_NAME))
+endif
 
-.PHONY: debug
-debug: gen
-	$(TREE_SITTER) test -d
+ifeq (, $(PARSER_URL))
+	PARSER_URL := $(subst :,/,$(PARSER_REPO_URL))
+	PARSER_URL := $(subst git@,https://,$(PARSER_URL))
+	PARSER_URL := $(subst .git,,$(PARSER_URL))
+endif
 
-.PHONY: gen
-gen:
-	$(TREE_SITTER) generate
+UPPER_PARSER_NAME := $(shell echo $(PARSER_NAME) | tr a-z A-Z )
 
-.PHONY: deps
-deps:
-	yarn
+# install directory layout
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+INCLUDEDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/include
+LIBDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
+PCLIBDIR ?= $(LIBDIR)/pkgconfig
 
-.PHONY: web
-web: wasm
-	$(TREE_SITTER) web-ui
+# collect C++ sources, and link if necessary
+CPPSRC := $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.cc)
 
-.PHONY: wasm
-wasm:
-	$(TREE_SITTER) build-wasm
+ifeq (, $(CPPSRC))
+	ADDITIONALLIBS := 
+else
+	ADDITIONALLIBS := -lc++
+endif
 
-.PHONY: publish
-publish: all wasm
-	cp ./tree-sitter-erlang.wasm ./docs
+# collect sources
+SRC := $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.c)
+SRC += $(CPPSRC)
+OBJ := $(addsuffix .o,$(basename $(SRC)))
 
+# ABI versioning
+SONAME_MAJOR := 0
+SONAME_MINOR := 0
+
+CFLAGS ?= -O3 -Wall -Wextra -I$(SRC_DIR)
+CXXFLAGS ?= -O3 -Wall -Wextra -I$(SRC_DIR)
+override CFLAGS += -std=gnu99 -fPIC
+override CXXFLAGS += -fPIC
+
+# OS-specific bits
+ifeq ($(shell uname),Darwin)
+	SOEXT = dylib
+	SOEXTVER_MAJOR = $(SONAME_MAJOR).dylib
+	SOEXTVER = $(SONAME_MAJOR).$(SONAME_MINOR).dylib
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)-dynamiclib -Wl,
+	ifneq ($(ADDITIONALLIBS),)
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)$(ADDITIONALLIBS),
+	endif
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)-install_name,$(LIBDIR)/libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SONAME_MAJOR).dylib,-rpath,@executable_path/../Frameworks
+else
+	SOEXT = so
+	SOEXTVER_MAJOR = so.$(SONAME_MAJOR)
+	SOEXTVER = so.$(SONAME_MAJOR).$(SONAME_MINOR)
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)-shared -Wl,
+	ifneq ($(ADDITIONALLIBS),)
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)$(ADDITIONALLIBS),
+	endif
+	LINKSHARED := $(LINKSHARED)-soname,libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).so.$(SONAME_MAJOR)
+endif
+ifneq (,$(filter $(shell uname),FreeBSD NetBSD DragonFly))
+	PCLIBDIR := $(PREFIX)/libdata/pkgconfig
+endif
+
+all: libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).a libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER) bindings/c/$(PARSER_NAME).h bindings/c/tree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).pc
+
+libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).a: $(OBJ)
+	$(AR) rcs $@ $^
+
+libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER): $(OBJ)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKSHARED) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+	ln -sf $@ libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXT)
+	ln -sf $@ libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER_MAJOR)
+
+bindings/c/$(PARSER_NAME).h:
+	sed -e 's|@UPPER_PARSERNAME@|$(UPPER_PARSER_NAME)|' \
+		-e 's|@PARSERNAME@|$(PARSER_NAME)|' \
+		bindings/c/tree-sitter.h.in > $@
+
+bindings/c/tree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).pc:
+	sed -e 's|@LIBDIR@|$(LIBDIR)|;s|@INCLUDEDIR@|$(INCLUDEDIR)|;s|@VERSION@|$(VERSION)|' \
+		-e 's|=$(PREFIX)|=$${prefix}|' \
+		-e 's|@PREFIX@|$(PREFIX)|' \
+		-e 's|@ADDITIONALLIBS@|$(ADDITIONALLIBS)|' \
+		-e 's|@PARSERNAME@|$(PARSER_NAME)|' \
+		-e 's|@PARSERURL@|$(PARSER_URL)|' \
+		bindings/c/tree-sitter.pc.in > $@
+
+install: all
+	install -d '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'
+	install -m755 libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).a '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).a
+	install -m755 libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER)
+	ln -sf libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER_MAJOR)
+	ln -sf libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER) '$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)'/libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXT)
+	install -d '$(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)'/tree_sitter
+	install -m644 bindings/c/$(PARSER_NAME).h '$(DESTDIR)$(INCLUDEDIR)'/tree_sitter/
+	install -d '$(DESTDIR)$(PCLIBDIR)'
+	install -m644 bindings/c/tree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).pc '$(DESTDIR)$(PCLIBDIR)'/
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OBJ) libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).a libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXT) libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER_MAJOR) libtree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).$(SOEXTVER)
+	rm -f bindings/c/$(PARSER_NAME).h bindings/c/tree-sitter-$(PARSER_NAME).pc
+
+.PHONY: all install clean
diff --git a/bindings/c/tree-sitter.h.in b/bindings/c/tree-sitter.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e19269f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/c/tree-sitter.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef TREE_SITTER_@UPPER_PARSERNAME@_H_
+#define TREE_SITTER_@UPPER_PARSERNAME@_H_
+
+#include <tree_sitter/parser.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern TSLanguage *tree_sitter_@PARSERNAME@();
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // TREE_SITTER_@UPPER_PARSERNAME@_H_
diff --git a/bindings/c/tree-sitter.pc.in b/bindings/c/tree-sitter.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d60b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/c/tree-sitter.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=@PREFIX@
+libdir=@LIBDIR@
+includedir=@INCLUDEDIR@
+additionallibs=@ADDITIONALLIBS@
+
+Name: tree-sitter-@PARSERNAME@
+Description: A tree-sitter grammar for the @PARSERNAME@ programming language.
+URL: @PARSERURL@
+Version: @VERSION@
+Libs: -L${libdir} ${additionallibs} -ltree-sitter-@PARSERNAME@
+Cflags: -I${includedir}