diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0202ef..bf23e69 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $(OBJ): $(HDR) config.mk
 
 $(LIB): $(LIBOBJ)
 	$(AR) -r -c $@ $?
-	ranlib $@
+	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 install: all
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index a915eb3..615bbdb 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ VERSION = 0.0
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 MANPREFIX = $(PREFIX)/share/man
 
-#CC = gcc
 #CC = musl-gcc
 LD = $(CC)
+RANLIB = ranlib
+
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE
 CFLAGS   = -std=c99 -Wall -pedantic
 LDFLAGS  = -s