diff --git a/emacs/Makefile b/emacs/Makefile
index 51d9c84..e641477 100644
--- a/emacs/Makefile
+++ b/emacs/Makefile
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ EMACS=emacs
 
 include ../dotfiles2.mk
 
-install: init.el
+install: init.elc
 
 init.el: init.org
 	$(EMACS) -Q -batch \
        -eval "(progn (require 'org) (require 'ob-tangle) \
 				     (org-babel-tangle-file \"$^\"))"
+
+init.elc: init.el
+	$(EMACS) -Q -batch -eval "(byte-compile-file \"init.el\")"