diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cdcd172..42e6e1d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fff2a6927b3bb87f9595d67196a70493f627687a71d87a0d692242c33f58c11"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -79,6 +85,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nasm-rs"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce095842aee9aa3ecbda7a5d2a4df680375fd128a8596b6b56f8e497e231f483"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -133,8 +145,10 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 dependencies = [
  "aarch64",
  "bitflags",
+ "cc",
  "goblin",
  "multiboot",
+ "nasm-rs",
  "static-alloc",
  "x86",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ead3b003..b6201aa9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ x86 = { version = "0.47", default-features = false }
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")'.dependencies]
 aarch64 = "0.0.7"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+cc = "1.0"
+nasm-rs = "0.2"
+
 [profile.dev]
 opt-level = 1  # `opt-level = 0` makes bootloader to large for bootstrapping
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 8ccb6777..abc79f28 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 use std::env;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::Command;
 
-fn main() {
+fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
 	let target_arch = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap();
 
 	if target_arch == "x86_64" {
-		let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+		let mut nasm = nasm_rs::Build::new();
+		nasm.file("src/arch/x86_64/entry.asm");
+		let objects = nasm.compile_objects()?;
 
-		Command::new("nasm")
-			.args(&["src/arch/x86_64/entry.asm", "-felf64", "-o"])
-			.arg(&format!("{}/entry.o", out_dir))
-			.status()
-			.expect("Could not start nasm. Is it installed?");
-		Command::new("ar")
-			.args(&["crus", "libentry.a", "entry.o"])
-			.current_dir(&Path::new(&out_dir))
-			.status()
-			.expect("Could not start ar. Is it installed?");
+		let mut cc = cc::Build::new();
+		for object in objects {
+			cc.object(object);
+		}
+		cc.compile("entry");
 
-		println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", out_dir);
 		println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=entry");
 	}
+
+	Ok(())
 }