diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5c1b1942..8310884c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ endif
 # Build the libs.
 all :
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/tmpfileplus
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C src
 
 # Build the example programs.
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ clean :
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C test/functional/src
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C examples
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) clean -C third_party/tmpfileplus
 	$(Q)rm -rf docs/html
 	$(Q)rm -rf test/functional/__pycache__
 	$(Q)rm -f  test/functional/*.pyc
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ test_functional : all
 test_unit :
 	@echo "Compiling unit tests ..."
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/minizip
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C third_party/tmpfileplus
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C src test_lib
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C test/unit test
 
diff --git a/third_party/tmpfileplus/Makefile b/third_party/tmpfileplus/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da691cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/tmpfileplus/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Simplied Makefile to build tmpfileplus for the libxlsxwriter library.
+#
+
+# Keep the output quiet by default.
+Q=@
+ifdef V
+Q=
+endif
+
+UNAME := $(shell uname)
+
+# Check for MinGW/MinGW64/Cygwin environments.
+ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW, $(UNAME)))
+MING_LIKE = y
+endif
+ifneq (,$(findstring MSYS, $(UNAME)))
+MING_LIKE = y
+endif
+ifneq (,$(findstring CYGWIN, $(UNAME)))
+MING_LIKE = y
+endif
+
+FPIC = -fPIC
+
+# Change make options on MinGW/MinGW64/Cygwin.
+ifdef MING_LIKE
+FPIC =
+CC = gcc
+endif
+
+all: tmpfileplus.o tmpfileplus.so
+
+%.o  : %.c
+	$(Q)$(CC)         -c $(CFLAGS) $<
+
+%.so : %.c
+	$(Q)$(CC) $(FPIC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	$(Q)/bin/rm -f *.o *.so