diff --git a/common/rdr/Makefile.in b/common/rdr/Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09fa554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/rdr/Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+SRCS = Exception.cxx FdInStream.cxx FdOutStream.cxx InStream.cxx \
+       RandomStream.cxx ZlibInStream.cxx ZlibOutStream.cxx \
+       HexInStream.cxx HexOutStream.cxx
+
+OBJS = $(SRCS:.cxx=.o)
+
+DIR_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) @ZLIB_INCLUDE@
+
+library = librdr.a
+
+all:: $(library)
+
+$(library): $(OBJS)
+	rm -f $(library)
+	$(AR) $(library) $(OBJS)
+	$(RANLIB) $(library)
+
+# followed by boilerplate.mk