diff -up irrlicht-1.8/source/Irrlicht/Makefile.irrXML irrlicht-1.8/source/Irrlicht/Makefile
--- irrlicht-1.8/source/Irrlicht/Makefile.irrXML	2012-11-13 12:55:50.000000000 -0500
+++ irrlicht-1.8/source/Irrlicht/Makefile	2012-11-13 13:00:51.266370158 -0500
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ IRRIMAGEOBJ = CColorConverter.o CImage.o
 	CImageWriterBMP.o CImageWriterJPG.o CImageWriterPCX.o CImageWriterPNG.o CImageWriterPPM.o CImageWriterPSD.o CImageWriterTGA.o
 IRRVIDEOOBJ = CVideoModeList.o CFPSCounter.o $(IRRDRVROBJ) $(IRRIMAGEOBJ)
 IRRSWRENDEROBJ = CSoftwareDriver.o CSoftwareTexture.o CTRFlat.o CTRFlatWire.o CTRGouraud.o CTRGouraudWire.o CTRNormalMap.o CTRStencilShadow.o CTRTextureFlat.o CTRTextureFlatWire.o CTRTextureGouraud.o CTRTextureGouraudAdd.o CTRTextureGouraudNoZ.o CTRTextureGouraudWire.o CZBuffer.o CTRTextureGouraudVertexAlpha2.o CTRTextureGouraudNoZ2.o CTRTextureLightMap2_M2.o CTRTextureLightMap2_M4.o CTRTextureLightMap2_M1.o CSoftwareDriver2.o CSoftwareTexture2.o CTRTextureGouraud2.o CTRGouraud2.o CTRGouraudAlpha2.o CTRGouraudAlphaNoZ2.o CTRTextureDetailMap2.o CTRTextureGouraudAdd2.o CTRTextureGouraudAddNoZ2.o CTRTextureWire2.o CTRTextureLightMap2_Add.o CTRTextureLightMapGouraud2_M4.o IBurningShader.o CTRTextureBlend.o CTRTextureGouraudAlpha.o CTRTextureGouraudAlphaNoZ.o CDepthBuffer.o CBurningShader_Raster_Reference.o
-IRRIOOBJ = CFileList.o CFileSystem.o CLimitReadFile.o CMemoryFile.o CReadFile.o CWriteFile.o CXMLReader.o CXMLWriter.o CWADReader.o CZipReader.o CPakReader.o CNPKReader.o CTarReader.o CMountPointReader.o irrXML.o CAttributes.o lzma/LzmaDec.o
+IRRIOOBJ = CFileList.o CFileSystem.o CLimitReadFile.o CMemoryFile.o CReadFile.o CWriteFile.o CXMLReader.o CXMLWriter.o CWADReader.o CZipReader.o CPakReader.o CNPKReader.o CTarReader.o CMountPointReader.o CAttributes.o lzma/LzmaDec.o
 IRROTHEROBJ = CIrrDeviceSDL.o CIrrDeviceLinux.o CIrrDeviceConsole.o CIrrDeviceStub.o CIrrDeviceWin32.o CIrrDeviceFB.o CLogger.o COSOperator.o Irrlicht.o os.o
 IRRGUIOBJ = CGUIButton.o CGUICheckBox.o CGUIComboBox.o CGUIContextMenu.o CGUIEditBox.o CGUIEnvironment.o CGUIFileOpenDialog.o CGUIFont.o CGUIImage.o CGUIInOutFader.o CGUIListBox.o CGUIMenu.o CGUIMeshViewer.o CGUIMessageBox.o CGUIModalScreen.o CGUIScrollBar.o CGUISpinBox.o CGUISkin.o CGUIStaticText.o CGUITabControl.o CGUITable.o CGUIToolBar.o CGUIWindow.o CGUIColorSelectDialog.o CDefaultGUIElementFactory.o CGUISpriteBank.o CGUIImageList.o CGUITreeView.o
+IRRXMLOBJ = irrXML.o
 ZLIBOBJ = zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/inffast.o zlib/inflate.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/trees.o zlib/uncompr.o zlib/zutil.o
 JPEGLIBOBJ = jpeglib/jcapimin.o jpeglib/jcapistd.o jpeglib/jccoefct.o jpeglib/jccolor.o jpeglib/jcdctmgr.o jpeglib/jchuff.o jpeglib/jcinit.o jpeglib/jcmainct.o jpeglib/jcmarker.o jpeglib/jcmaster.o jpeglib/jcomapi.o jpeglib/jcparam.o jpeglib/jcprepct.o jpeglib/jcsample.o jpeglib/jctrans.o jpeglib/jdapimin.o jpeglib/jdapistd.o jpeglib/jdatadst.o jpeglib/jdatasrc.o jpeglib/jdcoefct.o jpeglib/jdcolor.o jpeglib/jddctmgr.o jpeglib/jdhuff.o jpeglib/jdinput.o jpeglib/jdmainct.o jpeglib/jdmarker.o jpeglib/jdmaster.o jpeglib/jdmerge.o jpeglib/jdpostct.o jpeglib/jdsample.o jpeglib/jdtrans.o jpeglib/jerror.o jpeglib/jfdctflt.o jpeglib/jfdctfst.o jpeglib/jfdctint.o jpeglib/jidctflt.o jpeglib/jidctfst.o jpeglib/jidctint.o jpeglib/jmemmgr.o jpeglib/jmemnobs.o jpeglib/jquant1.o jpeglib/jquant2.o jpeglib/jutils.o jpeglib/jcarith.o jpeglib/jdarith.o jpeglib/jaricom.o
 LIBPNGOBJ = libpng/png.o libpng/pngerror.o libpng/pngget.o libpng/pngmem.o libpng/pngpread.o libpng/pngread.o libpng/pngrio.o libpng/pngrtran.o libpng/pngrutil.o libpng/pngset.o libpng/pngtrans.o libpng/pngwio.o libpng/pngwrite.o libpng/pngwtran.o libpng/pngwutil.o
@@ -86,8 +87,10 @@ staticlib sharedlib install: SYSTEM = Li
 STATIC_LIB = libIrrlicht.a
 LIB_PATH = ../../lib/$(SYSTEM)
 INSTALL_DIR = /usr/local/lib
-sharedlib install: SHARED_LIB = libIrrlicht.so
-sharedlib: LDFLAGS += -L/usr/X11R6/lib$(LIBSELECT) -lGL -lXxf86vm -lz -ljpeg `libpng-config --libs` -lbz2 -laesgm
+irrxml_sharedlib install: IRRXML_SHARED_LIB = libIrrXML.so
+irrlicht_sharedlib install: SHARED_LIB = libIrrlicht.so
+irrlicht_sharedlib irrxml_sharedlib: LDFLAGS += -L/usr/X11R6/lib$(LIBSELECT) -lGL -lXxf86vm -lz -ljpeg `libpng-config --libs` -lbz2 -laesgm
+irrlicht_sharedlib: LDFLAGS += -L$(LIB_PATH) -lIrrXML
 staticlib sharedlib: CXXINCS += -I/usr/X11R6/include
 
 #OSX specific options
@@ -118,14 +121,25 @@ SONAME = $(SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION_MAJOR).
 # All target, builds Irrlicht as static lib (libIrrlicht.a) and copies it into lib/Linux
 all linux: staticlib
 
+sharedlib: irrxml_sharedlib irrlicht_sharedlib
+
+# Builds IrrXML as a shared lib (libIrrXML.so.versionNumber) and copies it into lib/Linux
+irrxml_sharedlib: $(IRRXMLOBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION_MAJOR) -o $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+	mkdir -p $(LIB_PATH)
+	cp $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(LIB_PATH)
+	# We need this for linking libIrrlicht.so
+	cd $(LIB_PATH) && ln -s $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB)
+
+
 # Builds Irrlicht as shared lib (libIrrlicht.so.versionNumber) and copies it into lib/Linux
-sharedlib: $(LINKOBJ)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME) -o $(SHARED_FULLNAME) $^ $(LDFLAGS)
+irrlicht_sharedlib: irrxml_sharedlib $(LINKOBJ)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION_MAJOR) -o $(SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(LINKOBJ) $(LDFLAGS)
 	mkdir -p $(LIB_PATH)
 	cp $(SHARED_FULLNAME) $(LIB_PATH)
 
 # Builds Irrlicht as static lib (libIrrlicht.a)
-$(STATIC_LIB): $(LINKOBJ)
+$(STATIC_LIB): $(LINKOBJ) $(IRRXMLOBJ)
 	$(AR) rs $@ $^
 
 # Copies static lib into lib/Linux
@@ -153,8 +167,8 @@ install install_osx:
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)/../include/irrlicht
 	cp ../../include/*.h $(INSTALL_DIR)/../include/irrlicht/
 	cp $(LIB_PATH)/$(SHARED_FULLNAME) $(INSTALL_DIR)
-	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && ln -s -f $(SHARED_FULLNAME) $(SONAME)
-	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && ln -s -f $(SONAME) $(SHARED_LIB)
+	cp $(LIB_PATH)/$(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(INSTALL_DIR)
+	cd $(INSTALL_DIR) && ln -s -f $(SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(SHARED_LIB) && ln -s -f $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB).$(VERSION) $(IRRXML_SHARED_LIB)
 #	ldconfig -n $(INSTALL_DIR)
 
 TAGS:
@@ -178,8 +192,10 @@ endif
 
 help:
 	@echo "Available targets for Irrlicht"
-	@echo " sharedlib: Build shared library Irrlicht.so for Linux"
+	@echo " sharedlib: Build all shared libraries for Linux"
 	@echo " staticlib: Build static library Irrlicht.a for Linux"
+	@echo " irrlicht_sharedlib: Build shared library libIrrlicht.so for Linux"
+	@echo " irrxml_sharedlib: Build shared library libIrrXML.so for Linux"
 	@echo " install: Copy shared library to /usr/local/lib"
 	@echo ""
 	@echo " sharedlib_win32: Build shared library Irrlicht.dll for Windows"
