diff --git a/src/core/Makefile.am b/src/core/Makefile.am
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+# This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
+# Please read chapter "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation
+# before making any modifications: https://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Versioning.html
+LIBVERSION=19:0:0
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/include -I$(top_builddir)/include
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wall $(TALLOC_CFLAGS) $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS) $(LIBSCTP_CFLAGS) $(LIBMNL_CFLAGS)
+
+if ENABLE_PSEUDOTALLOC
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/src/pseudotalloc
+endif
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libosmocore.la
+
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD = $(BACKTRACE_LIB) $(TALLOC_LIBS) $(LIBRARY_RT) $(PTHREAD_LIBS) $(LIBSCTP_LIBS)
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES = context.c timer.c timer_gettimeofday.c timer_clockgettime.c \
+			 select.c signal.c msgb.c bits.c \
+			 bitvec.c bitcomp.c counter.c fsm.c \
+			 write_queue.c utils.c socket.c \
+			 logging.c logging_syslog.c logging_gsmtap.c rate_ctr.c \
+			 gsmtap_util.c crc16.c panic.c backtrace.c \
+			 conv.c application.c rbtree.c strrb.c \
+			 loggingrb.c crc8gen.c crc16gen.c crc32gen.c crc64gen.c \
+			 macaddr.c stat_item.c stats.c stats_statsd.c prim.c \
+			 stats_tcp.c \
+			 conv_acc.c conv_acc_generic.c sercomm.c prbs.c \
+			 isdnhdlc.c \
+			 tdef.c \
+			 thread.c \
+			 time_cc.c \
+			 sockaddr_str.c \
+			 use_count.c \
+			 exec.c \
+			 it_q.c \
+			 probes.d \
+			 base64.c \
+			 $(NULL)
+
+if HAVE_SSSE3
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += conv_acc_sse.c
+if HAVE_SSE4_1
+conv_acc_sse.lo : AM_CFLAGS += -mssse3 -msse4.1
+else
+conv_acc_sse.lo : AM_CFLAGS += -mssse3
+endif
+
+if HAVE_AVX2
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += conv_acc_sse_avx.c
+if HAVE_SSE4_1
+conv_acc_sse_avx.lo : AM_CFLAGS += -mssse3 -mavx2 -msse4.1
+else
+conv_acc_sse_avx.lo : AM_CFLAGS += -mssse3 -mavx2
+endif
+endif
+endif
+
+if HAVE_NEON
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += conv_acc_neon.c
+# conv_acc_neon.lo : AM_CFLAGS += -mfpu=neon no, could as well be vfp with neon
+endif
+
+BUILT_SOURCES = crc8gen.c crc16gen.c crc32gen.c crc64gen.c
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	conv_acc_sse_impl.h \
+	conv_acc_neon_impl.h \
+	crcXXgen.c.tpl \
+	stat_item_internal.h \
+	$(NULL)
+
+libosmocore_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info $(LIBVERSION) -no-undefined
+
+if ENABLE_PLUGIN
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += plugin.c
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD += $(LIBRARY_DLOPEN)
+endif
+
+if ENABLE_MSGFILE
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += msgfile.c
+endif
+
+if ENABLE_SERIAL
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += serial.c
+endif
+
+if ENABLE_SYSTEMD_LOGGING
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += logging_systemd.c
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD += $(SYSTEMD_LIBS)
+endif
+
+if ENABLE_LIBMNL
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES += mnl.c
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD += $(LIBMNL_LIBS)
+endif
+
+if ENABLE_SYSTEMTAP
+probes.h: probes.d
+	$(DTRACE) -C -h -s $< -o $@
+
+probes.lo: probes.d
+	$(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(AM_V_lt) --tag=CC env CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" $(DTRACE) -C -G -s $< -o $@
+
+BUILT_SOURCES += probes.h probes.lo
+libosmocore_la_LIBADD += probes.lo
+endif
+
+crc%gen.c: crcXXgen.c.tpl
+	$(AM_V_GEN)sed -e's/XX/$*/g' $< > $@