--- chez-exe.git/Makefile.ORIG  2026-03-24 10:26:27.580203363 +0000
+++ chez-exe.git/Makefile       2026-03-24 10:43:50.282826090 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 psboot = $(bootpath)/petite.boot
 csboot = $(bootpath)/scheme.boot
 custom_boot = custom-boot.ss
-kernel = $(libdir)/kernel.o
+kernel = $(libdir)/libkernel.a
+liblz4 = $(libdir)/liblz4.a
+libz = $(libdir)/libz.a
 scheme ?= scheme

 runscheme = "$(scheme)" -b "$(bootpath)/petite.boot" -b "$(bootpath)/scheme.boot"
@@ -21,7 +23,14 @@
        $(runscheme) --compile-imported-libraries --program $< --full-chez --chez-lib-dir . $<

 %.a: embed_target.o setup.o stubs.o %_boot.o $(kernel)
-       ar rcs $@ $^
+       ar -r -c $@ $(filter %.o,$^)
+       mkdir -p tmpdir
+       (cd tmpdir && ar -x $(kernel))
+       (cd tmpdir && ar -x $(liblz4))
+       (cd tmpdir && ar -x $(libz))
+       (cd tmpdir && ar -r -c ../$*.a *.o)
+       ranlib $@
+       rm -R tmpdir

 stubs.o: stubs.c
        $(CC) -c -o $@ $<