diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 140d220..ee93fbf 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
 # Set sub directories
-SUBDIRS = ctselect ctbin
+SUBDIRS = ctselect ctbin ctlike
+
+# Build libtool library for CTA tools. This is needed to provide
+# a shared library that can be loaded for python bindings. We do
+# not have to build this library if no python bindings are used.
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libctatools.la
+libctatools_la_SOURCES = 
+libctatools_la_LIBADD = ctbin/libctbin.la \
+		        ctselect/libctselect.la \
+                        ctlike/libctlike.la