diff -Naur nullmpi-0.7.orig/configure.ac nullmpi-0.7/configure.ac
--- nullmpi-0.7.orig/configure.ac	2011-01-23 17:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ nullmpi-0.7/configure.ac	2011-01-23 17:21:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
+LT_INIT
 
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC
diff -Naur nullmpi-0.7.orig/pmpi/Makefile.am nullmpi-0.7/pmpi/Makefile.am
--- nullmpi-0.7.orig/pmpi/Makefile.am	2011-01-23 17:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ nullmpi-0.7/pmpi/Makefile.am	2011-01-23 17:41:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libnullpmpi.a
-libnullpmpi_a_SOURCES = \
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnullpmpi.la
+libnullpmpi_la_SOURCES = \
 	abort.c \
 	allgather.c \
 	allgatherv.c \
@@ -115,4 +115,6 @@
 	waitsome.c \
 	pmpi_wrap.h
 
+libnullpmpi_la_LIBADD = ../src/libnullmpi.la
+
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir)/../src -DPROFILELIB
diff -Naur nullmpi-0.7.orig/pmpi/out.c nullmpi-0.7/pmpi/out.c
--- nullmpi-0.7.orig/pmpi/out.c	2011-01-23 17:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ nullmpi-0.7/pmpi/out.c	2011-01-23 17:47:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #include "pmpi_wrap.h"
 
-PMPI_WRAP2(MPI_Abort, MPI_Comm, int)
+/*PMPI_WRAP2(MPI_Abort, MPI_Comm, int)*/
diff -Naur nullmpi-0.7.orig/src/Makefile.am nullmpi-0.7/src/Makefile.am
--- nullmpi-0.7.orig/src/Makefile.am	2011-01-23 17:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ nullmpi-0.7/src/Makefile.am	2011-01-23 17:22:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ## process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 include_HEADERS = $(PUBLICHEADERS)
-lib_LIBRARIES = libnullmpi.a
-libnullmpi_a_SOURCES = $(PUBLICHEADERS) $(PRIVATEHEADERS) $(PRIVATESOURCES)
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libnullmpi.la
+libnullmpi_la_SOURCES = $(PUBLICHEADERS) $(PRIVATEHEADERS) $(PRIVATESOURCES)
 
 PUBLICHEADERS = \
 	mpi.h \