diff --git a/contrib/NR/Makefile b/contrib/NR/Makefile
index 0c36d66c3d2c9f7d9682e4b221bf731548b3b7d8..5fa5dfd01a2d69b2e3cc0fd0013a583c7f0f7ad6 100644
--- a/contrib/NR/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/NR/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ ${LIB}: ${OBJ}
 	${AR} ${ARFLAGS}${LIB} ${OBJ}
 	${RANLIB} ${LIB}
 
+cpobj: ${OBJ} 
+	cp -f ${OBJ} ../../lib/
+
 .cpp${OBJEXT}:
 	${CXX} ${CFLAGS} ${DASH}c $<