diff --git a/res/libsodium/buildlibsodium.sh b/res/libsodium/buildlibsodium.sh
index 6c59382..19ff89c 100755
--- a/res/libsodium/buildlibsodium.sh
+++ b/res/libsodium/buildlibsodium.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ make clean
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
     make CFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" CPPFLAGS="-mmacosx-version-min=10.11" -j4
 else
-    make -j4
+    make -j8
 fi
 cd ..
 
diff --git a/zecwallet-lite.pro b/zecwallet-lite.pro
index f5af43c..93db31d 100644
--- a/zecwallet-lite.pro
+++ b/zecwallet-lite.pro
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
 else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
 !isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target
 
+
+libsodium.target = $$PWD/res/libsodium.a
+libsodium.commands = res/libsodium/buildlibsodium.sh
+
 unix:        librust.target   = $$PWD/lib/target/release/libzecwalletlite.a
 else:win32:  librust.target   = $$PWD/lib/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/zecwalletlite.lib
 
@@ -149,15 +153,15 @@ librustclean.commands = "rm -rf $$PWD/lib/target"
 distclean.depends += librustclean
 
 
-QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += librust librustclean distclean
-QMAKE_CLEAN += $$PWD/lib/target/release/libzecwalletlite.a
+QMAKE_EXTRA_TARGETS += librust libsodium librustclean distclean
+QMAKE_CLEAN += $$PWD/lib/target/release/libzecwalletlite.a res/libsodium.a
 
-win32: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release -lzecwalletlite
-else:macx: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/release -lzecwalletlite -framework Security -framework Foundation
-else:unix: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/release -lzecwalletlite -ldl 
+win32: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release -lzecwalletlite -L$$PWD/res/ -llibsodium
+else:macx: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/release -lzecwalletlite -framework Security -framework Foundation -L$$PWD/res/ -lsodium
+else:unix: LIBS += -L$$PWD/lib/target/release -lzecwalletlite -ldl -L$$PWD/res/ -lsodium
 
-win32: PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/lib/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/zecwalletlite.lib
-else:unix::PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/lib/target/release/libzecwalletlite.a
+win32: PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/lib/target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/zecwalletlite.lib $$PWD/res/liblibsodium.a
+else:unix::PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$PWD/lib/target/release/libzecwalletlite.a $$PWD/res/libsodium.a
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/res
 DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/res