diff --git a/examples/ptr.reid b/examples/ptr.reid
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/libtest.sh b/libtest.sh
index 775bf55..b28750a 100755
--- a/libtest.sh
+++ b/libtest.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ BINARY="$(echo $1 | cut -d'.' -f1)"".out"
 
 echo $1
 
-make clean SRC=$1 ; make SRC=$1 && echo ""
-
+cargo run --example cli $@ && \
+sleep 0.1 && \
+chmod +x $BINARY && \
 $BINARY ; echo "Return value: ""$?"
 
 ## Command from: clang -v hello.o -o test
diff --git a/reid/examples/cli.rs b/reid/examples/cli.rs
index 2de0e71..1e7ad10 100644
--- a/reid/examples/cli.rs
+++ b/reid/examples/cli.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 use std::{env, fs, path::PathBuf};
 
-use reid::{compile_simple, CustomIRs};
+use reid::{compile_simple, ld::LDRunner, CustomIRs};
 use reid_lib::compile::CompileOutput;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
-    if let Some(filename) = args.get(1) {
+    let mut iter = args.into_iter().skip(1);
+    if let Some(filename) = iter.next() {
+        let mut libraries = Vec::new();
+        while let Some(libname) = iter.next() {
+            libraries.push(libname);
+        }
+
+        dbg!(&filename);
         let path = PathBuf::from(filename).canonicalize().unwrap();
         let parent = path.with_extension("");
         let llvm_ir_path = parent.with_extension("ll");
@@ -46,6 +53,14 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
                     "Compilation took: {:.2}ms\n",
                     (after.duration_since(before).unwrap().as_micros() as f32) / 1000.
                 );
+
+                println!("Linking {:?}", &object_path);
+                let linker = option_env!("LD").unwrap_or("ld").to_owned();
+                let mut linker = LDRunner::from_command(linker).with_library("c".to_owned());
+                for library in libraries {
+                    linker = linker.with_library(library);
+                }
+                linker.invoke(object_path);
             }
             Err(e) => panic!("{}", e),
         };
diff --git a/reid/src/ld.rs b/reid/src/ld.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf7edda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reid/src/ld.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use std::{io::Read, path::PathBuf, process::Command};
+
+pub struct LDRunner {
+    command: String,
+    dynamic_linker: String,
+    libraries: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl LDRunner {
+    pub fn from_command(command: String) -> LDRunner {
+        LDRunner {
+            command,
+            dynamic_linker: "ld-linux-x86-64.so.2".to_string(),
+            libraries: Default::default(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn with_library(mut self, lib: String) -> LDRunner {
+        self.libraries.push(lib);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn invoke(&self, file: PathBuf) {
+        let filepath = file.canonicalize().unwrap();
+
+        let dyn_linker_path = find_objectfile(&self.dynamic_linker);
+        let crt1_path = find_objectfile("crt1.o");
+
+        println!("LDRunner: Using dynamic linker at: {:?}", dyn_linker_path);
+
+        let mut ld = Command::new(&self.command);
+        ld.arg("-dynamic-linker")
+            .arg(dyn_linker_path)
+            .arg(crt1_path);
+
+        for library in &self.libraries {
+            ld.arg(format!("-l{}", library));
+        }
+
+        ld.arg(filepath.to_str().unwrap())
+            .arg("-o")
+            .arg(filepath.with_extension("out"));
+
+        println!("LDRunner: Executing linker to objfile at {:?}", filepath);
+        dbg!(&ld);
+
+        ld.spawn().expect("Unable to execute ld!");
+    }
+}
+
+fn find_objectfile(name: &str) -> String {
+    let whereis = Command::new("whereis")
+        .arg(&name)
+        .output()
+        .expect("Unable to execute whereis");
+    let whereis_output = String::from_utf8(whereis.stdout).unwrap();
+
+    whereis_output
+        .split(" ")
+        .skip(1)
+        .next()
+        .expect(&format!("Unable to find {}: {}", name, whereis_output))
+        .split("\n")
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_owned()
+}
diff --git a/reid/src/lib.rs b/reid/src/lib.rs
index eec083f..58c30ec 100644
--- a/reid/src/lib.rs
+++ b/reid/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ use crate::{ast::TopLevelStatement, lexer::Token, token_stream::TokenStream};
 mod ast;
 mod codegen;
 pub mod error_raporting;
+pub mod ld;
 mod lexer;
 pub mod mir;
 mod pad_adapter;
diff --git a/reid/tests/e2e.rs b/reid/tests/e2e.rs
index 274a67d..c9257ee 100644
--- a/reid/tests/e2e.rs
+++ b/reid/tests/e2e.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ fn test(source: &str, name: &str) {
 
         let context = Context::new(format!("Reid ({})", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
 
-        assert_err(mir_context.codegen(&context));
+        let codegen = assert_err(mir_context.codegen(&context));
+
+        codegen.compile();
 
         Ok::<(), ()>(())
     })))