diff --git a/makefile.library b/makefile.library
index 6a73227..9e2f8c5 100644
--- a/makefile.library
+++ b/makefile.library
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-#Copyright 2018-2019 rexy712
+#Copyright 2018-2020 rexy712
 
 #Makefile to generate a single static or shared library from all the sources in SOURCE_DIRS ending in EXT
 
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ CFLAGS::=-g -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-g -std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 EXT::=cpp
 LANG::=$(EXT)
-MAIN_LIBRARY::=test
-DLLOUT::=$(MAIN_LIBRARY).dll
+MAIN_LIBRARY::=tester
+PRE_TARGETS::=
+POST_TARGETS::=
 SHARED?=1
+STATIC?=0
 RELEASE?=0
 MEMCHK?=0
 
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	AR::=ar
 	AS::=as
 else #windows
-	#windows is a fuckwit
 	#windows settings
+	#windows is a fuckwit
 	MINGW_PREFIX::=x86_64-w64-mingw32-
 	CC::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)gcc
 	CXX::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)g++
@@ -58,15 +60,25 @@ else #windows
 	AS::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)as
 endif #windows
 
-ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-	ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-		INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
-	else
-		INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).so
-	endif
+#Put your custom targets for PRE_TARGETS and POST_TARGETS here:
+
+
+
+###########################################################################################################
+#Everything past this point is internal BS, probably best not to touch it unless you know what you're doing
+
+#set the all target as the default target, otherwise the topmost target will run
+.DEFAULT_GOAL::=all
+
+#setup the actual output library name depending on shared/static and windows/anything else
+ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
+	INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
 else
-	INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
+	INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).so
 endif
+SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS=-fPIC
+DLLOUT::=$(MAIN_LIBRARY).dll
+INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY::=lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a
 
 
 #system dependant bullshit
@@ -98,6 +110,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
 	#a lot of false strict aliasing warnings from gcc 9
 	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O2 -Wno-strict-aliasing
+	POST_TARGETS+= do_strip
 else ifeq ($(MEMCHK),1)
 	#use asan to check memory leaks/invalid accesses
 	LDFLAGS+=-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
@@ -107,35 +120,67 @@ else
 	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb
 endif
 
+#add dependency tracking and include directories
 INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
 ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
-	INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS+=-fPIC
+	INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS+=$(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS)
 endif
+THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME::=$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 SOURCES::=$(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(SOURCES)))))
 
-.PHONY: all
+#generate a command to run a submake using this same makefile without printing "Entering directory" stuff
+#note: the empty line is required in this definition
+define RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -f "$(THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME)" "$(1)" $(2)
 
+endef
+
+#default target: run targets in PRE_TARGETS, then build the main library, then POST_TARGETS
+.PHONY: all
+all:
+	$(foreach target,$(PRE_TARGETS),$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,$(target)))
 ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
-#target for windows shared library
-all: $(DLLOUT)
-$(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$(DLLOUT)" $^ -Wl,--out-implib,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a" $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
-$(DLLOUT): $(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY)
+	$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,$(DLLOUT))
 else #windows
-#target for *nix shared library
-all: $(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY)
-$(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$@" $^ $(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY))
 endif #windows
-else #shared
+endif #shared
+ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
+ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
+	$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,object_clean)
+endif #shared
+	$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY),SHARED=0)
+endif #static
+	$(foreach target,$(POST_TARGETS),$(call RUN_SUBMAKE_TARGET,$(target)))
+
+ifeq ($(WINDOWS),1)
+#target for windows shared library
+$(DLLOUT): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$(DLLOUT)" $^ -Wl,--out-implib,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a" $(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+else #windows
+
+#target for *nix shared library
+$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(COMPILER) -shared -o "$@" $^ $(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
+endif #windows
+
 #target for static library
-all: $(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY)
-$(INTERNAL_MAIN_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
+$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(AR) rcs "$@" $^
 	$(RANLIB) "$@"
-endif #shared
+
+
+#Called in POST_TARGETS when RELEASE=1
+.PHONY: do_strip
+do_strip:
+ifeq ($(SHARED),1)
+	$(STRIP) --strip-debug "$(INTERNAL_SHARED_LIBRARY)"
+endif
+ifeq ($(STATIC),1)
+	$(STRIP) --strip-debug "$(INTERNAL_STATIC_LIBRARY)"
+endif
 
 #Object target recipe
 define GENERATE_OBJECTS
@@ -152,10 +197,13 @@ $(OBJDIR):
 $(DEPDIR):
 	$(call mkdir,"$@")
 
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	$(call rmdir,"$(DEPDIR)")
+.PHONY: object_clean
+object_clean:
 	$(call rmdir,"$(OBJDIR)")
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: object_clean
+	$(call rmdir,"$(DEPDIR)")
 	$(call rm,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).so")
 	$(call rm,"lib$(MAIN_LIBRARY).a")
 	$(call rm,"$(DLLOUT)")