diff --git a/kernel/fiasco/src/lib/uart/Makefile b/kernel/fiasco/src/lib/uart/Makefile
index 616b9580..99556bfb 100644
--- a/kernel/fiasco/src/lib/uart/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/fiasco/src/lib/uart/Makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ include $(srcdir)/Makerules.global
 
 vpath %.cc $(VPATH_LIBUART)
 
-all: $(notdir $(TARGET))($(OBJECTS))
+all: $(notdir $(TARGET))
 
 $(OBJECTS): $(objbase)/.Compiler-config
 
 $(notdir $(TARGET)): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $+
 
 -include $(wildcard .*.d)