diff --git a/ext2spice/Makefile b/ext2spice/Makefile
index 1a53cc67..0c94f32d 100644
--- a/ext2spice/Makefile
+++ b/ext2spice/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXTRA_LIBS = ${MAGICDIR}/extflat/libextflat.o ${MAGICDIR}/utils/libutils.a
 include ${MAGICDIR}/defs.mak
 
 LIBS += -lm ${LD_EXTRA_LIBS} ${SUB_EXTRA_LIBS}
-CLEANS += exttospice${SHDLIB_EXT} spicewrap.o spicehier.o
+CLEANS += exttospice${SHDLIB_EXT} ext2spice_main.o spicewrap.o spicehier.o
 
 main: ext2spice
 
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spicewrap.o: ext2spice.c ext2spice.h
 spicehier.o: ext2hier.c ext2spice.h
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS} ext2hier.c -c -o spicehier.o
 
+ext2spice_main.o: ext2spice.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${DFLAGS} -DEXT2SPICE_MAIN -c -o $@ $^
+
 exttospice${SHDLIB_EXT}: spicewrap.o spicehier.o ${MAGICDIR}/extflat/libextflat.o
 	@echo --- making exttospice Tcl library \(exttospice${SHDLIB_EXT}\)
 	${RM} exttospice${SHDLIB_EXT}
diff --git a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
index 80ee8784..87bc155e 100644
--- a/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
+++ b/ext2spice/ext2spice.c
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ runexttospice:
     return;
 }
 
-#if 0	/* Independent program "ext2spice" has been deprecated */
+#ifdef EXT2SPICE_MAIN	/* Independent program "ext2spice" has been deprecated */
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ main(
     exit (0);
 }
 
-#endif	/* Deprecated */
+#endif /* EXT2SPICE_MAIN Deprecated */
 
 
 /*