diff --git a/rinit/build.rs b/rinit/build.rs
index 3aa51aa..883deb9 100644
--- a/rinit/build.rs
+++ b/rinit/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+use std::process::Command;
+
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search={}/extern-libs", env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    let status = Command::new("make").args(&["extern-libs/libseccomp.a"]).status().unwrap();
+    if !status.success() {
+        panic!("Error building libseccomp.a library");
+    }
 }