diff --git a/parquet/Makefile b/parquet/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c074dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parquet/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+PARQUET_CPP=~/src/parquet-cpp
+
+CC = g++
+# odd, no -lz -ldl -lpthread needed?
+CFLAGS = -I ../sqlite -O3 -std=c++11 -Wall -fPIC -g
+PARQUET_LIB = $(PARQUET_CPP)/build/release/libparquet.a
+THRIFT_LIB = $(PARQUET_CPP)/thrift_ep/src/thrift_ep-install/lib/libthrift.a
+ARROW_LIB = $(PARQUET_CPP)/build/release/libarrow.so
+BOOST_LIB = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_regex.so
+
+LDFLAGS = -O3 $(PARQUET_LIB) $(THRIFT_LIB) $(ARROW_LIB) $(BOOST_LIB)
+DEPS = hellomake.h
+OBJ = parquet.o parquet_table.o parquet_cursor.o
+
+libparquet.so: $(OBJ)
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+parquet_cursor.o: parquet_cursor.cc parquet_cursor.h parquet_table.h
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+parquet_table.o: parquet_table.cc parquet_table.h
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+parquet.o: parquet.cc parquet_cursor.h parquet_table.h
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.o *.so
diff --git a/parquet/go b/parquet/go
index c033fde..2891431 100755
--- a/parquet/go
+++ b/parquet/go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -euo pipefail
-./make
+make
 
 
 if [ ! -v DEBUG ]; then
diff --git a/parquet/make b/parquet/make
deleted file mode 100755
index 2abb735..0000000
--- a/parquet/make
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-#set -x
-
-PARQUET_CPP=${PARQUET_CPP:-~/src/parquet-cpp}
-
-# make obj file
-clean() {
-  rm -f *.o *.so
-}
-
-build() {
-  clean
-  # -O3 -s -DNDEBUG
-  g++ -O3 -std=c++11 -Wall -fPIC -c -g *.cc -I ../sqlite -lz -ldl -lpthread 
-
-  g++ -O3 -shared -o libparquet.so *.o \
-    ${PARQUET_CPP}/build/release/libparquet.a \
-    ${PARQUET_CPP}/thrift_ep/src/thrift_ep-install/lib/libthrift.a \
-    ${PARQUET_CPP}/build/release/libarrow.so \
-    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_regex.so
-}
-
-fn=${1:-build}
-
-"$fn"