-# Default target, can be overridden by command line or environment
-RTE_TARGET ?= x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
-
-include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.vars.mk
-
-CFLAGS += -O3 -I$(RTE_SDK)/lib/librte_power/
-CFLAGS += $(WERROR_FLAGS)
-
-LDLIBS += -lvirt
+all: shared
+.PHONY: shared static
+shared: build/$(APP)-shared
+ ln -sf $(APP)-shared build/$(APP)
+static: build/$(APP)-static
+ ln -sf $(APP)-static build/$(APP)
+
+PC_FILE := $(shell $(PKGCONF) --path libdpdk 2>/dev/null)
+CFLAGS += -O3 $(shell $(PKGCONF) --cflags libdpdk)
+LDFLAGS_SHARED = $(shell $(PKGCONF) --libs libdpdk)
+LDFLAGS_STATIC = $(shell $(PKGCONF) --static --libs libdpdk)
+
+ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),static)
+# check for broken pkg-config
+ifeq ($(shell echo $(LDFLAGS_STATIC) | grep 'whole-archive.*l:lib.*no-whole-archive'),)
+$(warning "pkg-config output list does not contain drivers between 'whole-archive'/'no-whole-archive' flags.")
+$(error "Cannot generate statically-linked binaries with this version of pkg-config")
+endif
+endif