diff --git a/util/epist/Makefile.am b/util/epist/Makefile.am
index 48c57e47..ee91b551 100644
--- a/util/epist/Makefile.am
+++ b/util/epist/Makefile.am
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ CPPFLAGS= @CPPFLAGS@ @DEBUG@
 
 bin_PROGRAMS =		epist
 
-epist_SOURCES =		main.cc
-#epist_LDADD =	
+epist_SOURCES =		epist.cc process.cc window.cc
+epist_LDADD =	    ../../src/XAtom.o
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES =	Makefile.in
 
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ distclean-local:
 
 # local dependencies
 
+epist.o: epist.cc epist.hh process.hh
+process.o: process.cc process.hh /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h epist.hh