diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 33b17e0c0f8..abc6d8292e1 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
 ChangeLog
 build.rules
 config.h
+config.mak
 scummvm
 ScummVM.app
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cd7e49187c9..68f3db8ad58 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ _alsa=auto
 _build_scumm=yes
 _build_simon=yes
 _build_sky=yes
+# binary names
+_ranlib=ranlib
 
 
 echocheck () {
@@ -192,9 +194,13 @@ printf "Checking hosttype... "
 hosttype=`uname -s`
 echo $hosttype
 case $hosttype in
-	Linux)
+	Linux | OpenBSD | FreeBSD | NetBSD | BSD/OS | SunOS | HP-UX)
 		echo "#define UNIX" >> config.h
 		;;
+	IRIX)
+		echo "#define UNIX" >> config.h
+		ranlib=ar -r
+		;;
 	Darwin)
 		echo "#define UNIX" >> config.h
 		echo "#define MACOSX" >> config.h
@@ -325,3 +331,13 @@ echo "$_alsa"
 #
 echo "" >> config.h
 echo "#endif /* CONFIG_H */" >> config.h
+
+echo "Creating config.mak"
+cat > config.mak << EOF
+# -------- Generated by configure -----------
+
+CXX = $CXX
+LIBS = $LIBS
+RANLIB = $_ranlib
+
+EOF