diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cda5714..3e1d0de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 /depcomp
 /install-sh
 /common/Makefile.in
+/libeplayer3/Makefile.in
 /libspark/Makefile.in
 /libtriple/Makefile.in
 /ltmain.sh
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 09d5e2e..3ab6aee 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ libstb_hal_a_LIBADD += \
 	libtriple/video_td.o
 endif
 if BOXTYPE_SPARK
-SUBDIRS += libspark
+SUBDIRS += libspark libeplayer3
 libstb_hal_a_LIBADD += \
 	libspark/audio.o \
 	libspark/ca.o \
@@ -43,4 +43,39 @@ libstb_hal_a_LIBADD += \
 	libspark/pwrmngr.o \
 	libspark/record.o \
 	libspark/video.o
+
+# this is a hack to build the libeplayer3 objs statically into
+# libstb-hal...
+libstb_hal_a_LIBADD += \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/container.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/container_ffmpeg.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/text_srt.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/text_ssa.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/container_ass.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/audio.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/manager.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/subtitle.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/video.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/output_subtitle.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/linuxdvb.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/output.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/playback.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/writer.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/aac.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/wmv.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/ac3.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/divx.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/wma.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/pes.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/dts.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/mpeg2.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/mp3.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/misc.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/h264.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/h263.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/vc1.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/framebuffer.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/vorbis.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/flac.o \
+	libeplayer3/.libs/pcm.o
 endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4f38271..ef01024 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fi
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 common/Makefile
+libeplayer3/Makefile
 libtriple/Makefile
 libspark/Makefile
 ])
diff --git a/libeplayer3/Makefile.am b/libeplayer3/Makefile.am
index 24a6b98..6f941ce 100644
--- a/libeplayer3/Makefile.am
+++ b/libeplayer3/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libeplayer3.la
 CXXFLAGS = -Wall
 
 INCLUDES = \
-	-Iinclude
+	-I$(srcdir)/include
 
 libeplayer3_la_SOURCES =  \
 	container/container.c container/container_ffmpeg.c container/text_srt.c \