diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index 848cbf8e..516525c1 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_CIVETWEB_HOME],[
                    AS_IF([test "$CIVETWEB_HOME" = "no"],
                      [CIVETWEB_HOME=""],
                          # else --with-civet was provided with a directory path.
-                         AC_CHECK_FILE([$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h],
+                         AC_CHECK_FILES([$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h $CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a],
                            [USE_CIVETWEB="1"],
-                           AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h]))))
+                           AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find all of the civetweb files.]))
+                 ))
                 ],
                 # --with option not provided.
                 [AC_CHECK_HEADER(civetweb.h,
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 32956fa6..f054c1e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10159,10 +10159,43 @@ eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
 printf "%s\n" "$ac_res" >&6; }
 if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"
 then :
-  USE_CIVETWEB="1"
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `printf "%s\n" "HAVE_$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+USE_CIVETWEB="1"
 else $as_nop
-  as_fn_error $? "could not find $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h" "$LINENO" 5
+  as_fn_error $? "Could not find all of the civetweb files." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
+as_ac_File=`printf "%s\n" "ac_cv_file_$CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a" >&5
+printf %s "checking for $CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a... " >&6; }
+if eval test \${$as_ac_File+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
+  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
+if test -r "$CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a"; then
+  eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
+else
+  eval "$as_ac_File=no"
+fi
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
+	       { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"
+then :
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `printf "%s\n" "HAVE_$CIVETWEB_HOME/lib/libcivetweb.a" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+USE_CIVETWEB="1"
+else $as_nop
+  as_fn_error $? "Could not find all of the civetweb files." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+
 
 fi
 fi
diff --git a/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh b/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
index bc8374d5..5e5a2855 100644
--- a/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
+++ b/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state and initial conditions of an http server.)
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <vector>
+#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
 
-class WebSocketSession;
 typedef WebSocketSession* (*WebSocketSessionMaker)(struct mg_connection *nc);
 typedef void (*httpMethodHandler)(struct mg_connection *, void* cbdata);
 
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh b/include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh
similarity index 93%
rename from trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh
rename to include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh
index 5caaba48..e1b1b15d 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh
+++ b/include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent Websocket connection.)
 #ifndef WEB_SOCKET_SESSION_HH
 #define WEB_SOCKET_SESSION_HH
 
-#if USE_CIVETWEB
 #include <string>
 #ifndef SWIG
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ class WebSocketSession {
         virtual void sendMessage()=0;
         virtual int  handleMessage(std::string)=0;
 
-        struct mg_connection* connection;
+        struct mg_connection* connection; /* ** */
 };
 
 #endif
-#endif 
diff --git a/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common b/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
index d8dd88e5..c7a32e5a 100644
--- a/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
+++ b/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ ifneq ($(GSL_HOME),)
 endif
 
 ifeq (${USE_CIVETWEB},1)
-    TRICK_LIBS += ${CIVETWEB_HOME}/libcivetweb.a ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a
+    TRICK_LIBS +=  -ltrickCivet
+    TRICK_EXEC_LINK_LIBS += -L${CIVETWEB_HOME}/lib -lcivetweb -lz
     TRICK_SWIG_FLAGS += -DUSE_CIVETWEB
     TRICK_SYSTEM_CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_CIVETWEB
+    TRICK_SYSTEM_ICG_EXCLUDE += ${CIVETWEB_HOME}
 endif
 
 # We pipe the output of compiler through tee.  If the user wanted gcc color, make sure they get it.
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
index 6c9d55ea..2c7421c8 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state of a variable server websocket connection.)
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "WebSocketSession.hh"
+#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
 #include "VariableServerVariable.hh"
 
 class VariableServerSession : public WebSocketSession {
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
index b8755dc5..9c27e8aa 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state and initial conditions for my server)
 #include "trick/exec_proto.h"
 #include "simpleJSON.hh"
 #include "VariableServerSession.hh"
-#include "WebSocketSession.hh"
+#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
 
 #ifndef SWIG
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"