diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d62b97d..ef1d883 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *~
 *#
 *.o
+*.a
 *.so
 *.dylib
 *.dSYM
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f588b6c..2471ee3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+CC ?= gcc
 RUSTC ?= rustc
+AR ?= ar
 RUSTFLAGS ?=
 
 RUST_SRC = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.rs')
@@ -6,16 +8,22 @@ RUST_SRC = $(shell find . -type f -name '*.rs')
 .PHONY: all
 all: libcocoa.dummy
 
-libcocoa.dummy: cocoa.rc $(RUST_SRC)
+libcocoa.dummy: cocoa.rc $(RUST_SRC) libmsgsend.a
 	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) $< -o $@
 	touch $@
 
-cocoa-test: cocoa.rc $(RUST_SRC)
+cocoa-test: cocoa.rc $(RUST_SRC) libmsgsend.a
 	$(RUSTC) $(RUSTFLAGS) $< -o $@ --test
 
+libmsgsend.a: msgsend.o
+	$(AR) rcs libmsgsend.a msgsend.o
+
+msgsend.o: msgsend.c
+	$(CC) $< -o $@ -c
+
 check: cocoa-test
 	./cocoa-test
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -f cocoa-test *.so *.dylib *.dll *.dummy
+	rm -f cocoa-test *.a *.o *.so *.dylib *.dll *.dummy
diff --git a/cocoa.rc b/cocoa.rc
index 16ebb76..ad3d0b2 100644
--- a/cocoa.rc
+++ b/cocoa.rc
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ use std;
 mod appkit;
 mod base;
 mod foundation;
-
diff --git a/cocoa.rs b/cocoa.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3ccc37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cocoa.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+fn msgSend1Id(theReceiver: base::id, theSelector: base::SEL, id: base::id) {
+    msgsend::msgSend1IdHACK(theReceiver, theSelector, id);
+}
+
+#[link_args = "-L . -lmsgsend"]
+#[nolink]
+native mod msgsend {
+    fn msgSend1IdHACK(theReceiver: base::id, theSelector: base::SEL, id: base::id);
+}
diff --git a/msgsend.c b/msgsend.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee2a586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/msgsend.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <objc/message.h>
+
+void
+msgSend1IdHACK(id theReceiver, SEL theSender, id id) {
+  printf("msgSend1IdHACK\n");
+  printf("%ld\n", theReceiver);
+  printf("%ld\n", theSender);
+  printf("%ld\n", id);
+  objc_msgSend(theReceiver, theSender, id);
+}