diff --git a/host/Makefile b/host/Makefile
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+BINARY  = looking-glass-host.exe
+CFLAGS  = -g -O3 -march=native -Wall -Werror -I./ -I../common # -DDEBUG
+LDFLAGS = -lshlwapi -ldxgi -ld3d11 -lsetupapi -luuid
+
+CFLAGS  += -ffast-math
+CFLAGS  += -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections
+CFLAGS  += -I../ -I.
+LDFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections -mwindows
+
+PREFIX ?= x86_64-w64-mingw32-
+STRIP  = $(PREFIX)strip
+CC     = $(PREFIX)cc
+CXX    = $(PREFIX)c++
+LD     = $(CXX)
+
+BUILD  ?= .build
+BIN    ?= bin
+
+#CFLAGS  += -DCONFIG_CAPTURE_NVFBC=1
+
+CFLAGS  += -DBUILD_VERSION='"$(shell git describe --always --long --dirty --abbrev=10 --tags)"'
+
+OBJS	= main.o \
+	  CrashHandler.o \
+	  IVSHMEM.o \
+	  Service.o \
+	  Capture/DXGI.o
+
+BUILD_OBJS = $(foreach obj,$(OBJS),$(BUILD)/$(obj))
+
+all: $(BIN)/$(BINARY)
+
+$(BUILD)/%.o: %.c
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+$(BUILD)/%.o: %.cpp
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(CXX) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+$(BIN)/$(BINARY): $(BUILD_OBJS)
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(LD) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+	$(STRIP) -s $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(BUILD) $(BIN)
+
+.PHONY: clean