diff -ur gsoap-2.7/configure.in gsoap-2.7mf/configure.in
--- gsoap-2.7/configure.in	2008-10-02 12:36:28.000000000 -0500
+++ gsoap-2.7mf/configure.in	2008-12-24 15:05:11.000000000 -0600
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 AM_PROG_LEX
 AC_PROG_YACC
 AC_PROG_CPP
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_AWK
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
   WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_GZIP"
   WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lz"
-  WSDL2H_SOAP_CPP_LIB="libgsoapssl++.a"
+  WSDL2H_SOAP_CPP_LIB="libgsoapssl++.la"
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
   WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS=
   WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS=
-  WSDL2H_SOAP_CPP_LIB="libgsoap++.a"
+  WSDL2H_SOAP_CPP_LIB="libgsoap++.la"
 fi
 AC_SUBST(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS)
diff -ur gsoap-2.7/gsoap/Makefile.am gsoap-2.7mf/gsoap/Makefile.am
--- gsoap-2.7/gsoap/Makefile.am	2008-10-02 12:36:28.000000000 -0500
+++ gsoap-2.7mf/gsoap/Makefile.am	2008-12-24 15:43:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## you have all needed files, that a GNU package needs
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 1.4
 
-SUBDIRS = src wsdl @SAMPLE_DIRS@
+SUBDIRS = . src wsdl @SAMPLE_DIRS@
 CLEANFILES = soapcpp2 wsdl2h stdsoap2_cpp.cpp stdsoap2_ck.c stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp stdsoap2_ssl.c stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp
 
 ##	*~ *.req.xml *.res.xml *.nsmap *.wsdl *.xsd *Proxy.h \
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@
 stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp: stdsoap2.cpp
 	$(LN_S) -f $(srcdir)/stdsoap2.cpp stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libgsoap.a libgsoap++.a libgsoapck.a libgsoapck++.a libgsoapssl.a libgsoapssl++.a
-libgsoap_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2.c
-libgsoap_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform)
-libgsoap___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp
-libgsoap___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform)
-libgsoapck_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck.c
-libgsoapck_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
-libgsoapck___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp
-libgsoapck___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
-libgsoapssl_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl.c
-libgsoapssl_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_GZIP
-libgsoapssl___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp
-libgsoapssl___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_GZIP
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgsoap.la libgsoap++.la libgsoapck.la libgsoapck++.la libgsoapssl.la libgsoapssl++.la
+libgsoap_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2.c
+libgsoap_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform)
+libgsoap___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp
+libgsoap___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform)
+libgsoapck_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck.c
+libgsoapck_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
+libgsoapck___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp
+libgsoapck___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
+libgsoapssl_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl.c
+libgsoapssl_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_GZIP
+libgsoapssl___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp
+libgsoapssl___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) -D$(platform) -DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_GZIP
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp $(lib_LIBRARIES)