diff --git b/faad2/common/mp4ff/Makefile.am a/faad2/common/mp4ff/Makefile.am

index 3c495dc..fb454fa 100644

--- b/faad2/common/mp4ff/Makefile.am

+++ a/faad2/common/mp4ff/Makefile.am

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

-lib_LIBRARIES = libmp4ff.a

+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmp4ff.la

 include_HEADERS = mp4ff.h mp4ffint.h

-libmp4ff_a_CFLAGS = -DUSE_TAGGING=1

+libmp4ff_la_CFLAGS = -DUSE_TAGGING=1

-libmp4ff_a_SOURCES = mp4ff.c mp4atom.c mp4meta.c mp4sample.c mp4util.c \

+libmp4ff_la_SOURCES = mp4ff.c mp4atom.c mp4meta.c mp4sample.c mp4util.c \

 		     mp4tagupdate.c mp4ff.h mp4ffint.h mp4ff_int_types.h

diff --git b/faad2/common/mp4ff/mp4ff.h a/faad2/common/mp4ff/mp4ff.h

index 17b7fe7..691d7d9 100644

--- b/faad2/common/mp4ff/mp4ff.h

+++ a/faad2/common/mp4ff/mp4ff.h

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ typedef struct

     uint32_t (*read)(void *user_data, void *buffer, uint32_t length);

     uint32_t (*write)(void *udata, void *buffer, uint32_t length);

     uint32_t (*seek)(void *user_data, uint64_t position);

-	uint32_t (*truncate)(void *user_data);

+    uint32_t (*truncate)(void *user_data);

     void *user_data;

 } mp4ff_callback_t;

diff --git b/faad2/frontend/Makefile.am a/faad2/frontend/Makefile.am

index 74af733..4330b57 100644

--- b/faad2/frontend/Makefile.am

+++ a/faad2/frontend/Makefile.am

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/common/faad \

 	   -I$(top_srcdir)/common/mp4ff

 faad_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/libfaad/libfaad.la \

-	     $(top_builddir)/common/mp4ff/libmp4ff.a

+	     $(top_builddir)/common/mp4ff/libmp4ff.la

 faad_SOURCES = main.c \

 	       audio.c audio.h \

diff --git b/faad2/plugins/xmms/src/Makefile.am a/faad2/plugins/xmms/src/Makefile.am

index 6249bb3..c3594dd 100644

--- b/faad2/plugins/xmms/src/Makefile.am

+++ a/faad2/plugins/xmms/src/Makefile.am

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ libmp4_la_CFLAGS = $(local_CFLAGS) -Wall \

        -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_srcdir)/common/mp4ff

 libmp4_la_LIBADD = $(top_builddir)/libfaad/libfaad.la \

-       $(top_builddir)/common/mp4ff/libmp4ff.a

+       $(top_builddir)/common/mp4ff/libmp4ff.la

 libmp4_la_LDFLAGS = -module -avoid-version $(local_LDFLAGS) -lpthread