diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 19251ff776..093f6c9fbc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-05-05  Chris Toshok <toshok@helixcode.com>
+	* shell/Makefile.am: add support for building purified evolution.
+
+	* shell/.cvsignore: ignore evolution.pure
+
 2000-05-05  Chris Toshok <toshok@helixcode.com>
 
 	* addressbook/backend/ebook/.cvsignore,
diff --git a/shell/.cvsignore b/shell/.cvsignore
index a4b6113d0f..aec0a5ed9a 100644
--- a/shell/.cvsignore
+++ b/shell/.cvsignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Shell-skels.c
 Shell-common.c
 Shell.h
 evolution
+evolution.pure
 Makefile.in
 Makefile
 Evolution-stubs.c
diff --git a/shell/Makefile.am b/shell/Makefile.am
index a4d4776e76..d7b69b32e5 100644
--- a/shell/Makefile.am
+++ b/shell/Makefile.am
@@ -54,3 +54,13 @@ EXTRA_DIST = Evolution.idl			\
 	Shell.idl				\
 	evolution-service-repository.idl
 
+if ENABLE_PURIFY
+PLINK = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=link $(PURIFY) $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
+
+all-local: evolution.pure
+
+evolution.pure: evolution
+	@rm -f evolution.pure
+	$(PLINK) $(evolution_LDFLAGS) $(evolution_OBJECTS) $(evolution_LDADD) $(LIBS)
+
+endif