diff --git a/parts.rst b/parts.rst
index 9ef1f56..5c93ef1 100644
--- a/parts.rst
+++ b/parts.rst
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ gzip 1.2.4
 code. It is luckily distributed as a barebones uncompressed ``.tar``,
 which we extract and then build.
 
-Going forward, we can now use ``.tar.gz`` for source code.
-
-tar 1.12
-========
-
-We build GNU Tar 1.12, the last version compilable with mes libc.
-
 make 3.80
 =========
 
@@ -111,6 +104,11 @@ GNU ``make`` is now built so we have a more robust building system.
 ``make`` allows us to do things like define rules for files rather than
 writing complex kaem scripts.
 
+tar 1.12
+========
+
+We build GNU Tar 1.12, the last version compilable with mes libc.
+
 sed 4.0.9
 =========
 
diff --git a/sysa.py b/sysa.py
index 21c2033..cd20b1e 100755
--- a/sysa.py
+++ b/sysa.py
@@ -102,12 +102,12 @@ class SysA(SysGeneral):
         # gzip 1.2.4
         self.get_file("https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.2.4.tar.gz")
 
-        # tar 1.12
-        self.get_file("https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.tar.gz")
-
         # make 3.80
         self.get_file("https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/make/make-3.80.tar.gz")
 
+        # tar 1.12
+        self.get_file("https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.12.tar.gz")
+
         # sed 4.0.9
         self.get_file("https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/sed/sed-4.0.9.tar.gz")
 
diff --git a/sysa/after.kaem b/sysa/after.kaem
index e192655..2b24ea2 100755
--- a/sysa/after.kaem
+++ b/sysa/after.kaem
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ cd ${pkg}
 kaem --file ${pkg}.kaem
 cd ..
 
-# tar
-pkg="tar-1.12"
+# make
+pkg="make-3.80"
 cd ${pkg}
 kaem --file ${pkg}.kaem
 cd ..
 
-# make
-pkg="make-3.80"
+# tar
+pkg="tar-1.12"
 cd ${pkg}
 kaem --file ${pkg}.kaem
 cd ..
diff --git a/sysa/make-3.80/make-3.80.kaem b/sysa/make-3.80/make-3.80.kaem
index 569fd5b..d4683ba 100755
--- a/sysa/make-3.80/make-3.80.kaem
+++ b/sysa/make-3.80/make-3.80.kaem
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd build
 # Extract
 cp ${distfiles}/${pkg}.tar.gz ../src/
 gunzip -f ../src/${pkg}.tar.gz
-tar xf ../src/${pkg}.tar
+untar ../src/${pkg}.tar
 cd ${pkg}
 
 # Create .h files
diff --git a/sysa/tar-1.12/mk/main.mk b/sysa/tar-1.12/mk/main.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a796bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysa/tar-1.12/mk/main.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Andrius Štikonas <andrius@stikonas.eu>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+CC = tcc
+AR = tcc -ar
+
+# -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 forces use of simulated arithmetic
+# This is to avoid running configure test to determine sizeof(long long)
+CPPFLAGS = -DHAVE_FCNTL_H \
+         -DHAVE_DIRENT_H \
+         -DHAVE_GETCWD_H \
+         -DHAVE_GETCWD \
+         -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 \
+         -DVERSION=\"1.12\" \
+         -DPACKAGE=\"tar\"
+
+CFLAGS = -I . -I lib -static
+LDFLAGS = -L. -ltar
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+LIB_SRC = argmatch backupfile error fnmatch ftruncate getdate_stub getopt getopt1 getversion modechange msleep xgetcwd xmalloc xstrdup
+
+LIB_OBJ = $(addprefix lib/, $(addsuffix .o, $(LIB_SRC)))
+
+TAR_SRC = arith buffer compare create delete extract incremen list mangle misc names open3 rtapelib tar update
+TAR_OBJ = $(addprefix src/, $(addsuffix .o, $(TAR_SRC)))
+
+all: tar
+
+libtar.a: $(LIB_OBJ)
+	$(AR) cr $@ $^
+
+tar: libtar.a $(TAR_OBJ)
+	$(CC) $^ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
diff --git a/sysa/tar-1.12/tar-1.12.kaem b/sysa/tar-1.12/tar-1.12.kaem
index 26fdce5..6e38794 100755
--- a/sysa/tar-1.12/tar-1.12.kaem
+++ b/sysa/tar-1.12/tar-1.12.kaem
@@ -17,55 +17,17 @@ gunzip -f ../src/${pkg}.tar.gz
 untar ../src/${pkg}.tar
 
 cd ${pkg}
-
+cp ../../mk/main.mk Makefile
 cp ../../files/getdate_stub.c lib/getdate_stub.c
 catm src/create.c.new ../../files/stat_override.c src/create.c
 cp src/create.c.new src/create.c
 
-# Compile
+# Build
+make -f Makefile
 
-## libtar.a
-cd lib
-
-tcc -c argmatch.c
-tcc -c -DHAVE_DIRENT_H backupfile.c
-tcc -c -I . error.c
-tcc -c -I . fnmatch.c
-tcc -c ftruncate.c
-tcc -c getdate_stub.c
-tcc -c getopt.c
-tcc -c getopt1.c
-tcc -c getversion.c
-tcc -c modechange.c
-tcc -c msleep.c
-tcc -c -DHAVE_GETCWD xgetcwd.c
-tcc -c xmalloc.c
-tcc -c xstrdup.c
-
-tcc -ar cr libtar.a argmatch.o backupfile.o error.o fnmatch.o ftruncate.o getdate_stub.o getopt.o getopt1.o getversion.o modechange.o msleep.o xgetcwd.o xmalloc.o xstrdup.o
-cd ..
-
-## tar
-# -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 forces use of simulated arithmetic
-# This is to avoid running configure test to determine sizeof(long long)
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/arith.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/buffer.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/compare.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H -DHAVE_DIRENT_H src/create.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/delete.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/extract.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H -DHAVE_GETCWD -DHAVE_DIRENT_H src/incremen.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/list.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/mangle.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H -DHAVE_DIRENT_H src/misc.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H -DHAVE_GETCWD src/names.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/open3.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/rtapelib.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H -DPACKAGE=\"tar\" -DVERSION=\"1.12\" src/tar.c
-tcc -c -I lib -DSIZEOF_UNSIGNED_LONG=4 -DHAVE_FCNTL_H src/update.c
-
-# Link
-tcc -static -o ${bindir}/tar -L lib lib/libtar.a arith.o buffer.o compare.o create.o delete.o extract.o incremen.o list.o mangle.o misc.o names.o open3.o rtapelib.o tar.o update.o -ltar
+# Install
+cp tar ${prefix}/bin/tar
+chmod 755 ${prefix}/bin/tar
 
 cd ../..