diff --git a/apps/onlyhlt/.gitignore b/apps/onlyhlt/.gitignore
index cddb46364..31d3ebc4f 100644
--- a/apps/onlyhlt/.gitignore
+++ b/apps/onlyhlt/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 /onlyhlt
+/onlyhlt.o
diff --git a/apps/onlyhlt/Makefile b/apps/onlyhlt/Makefile
index 0942c6bdd..3cb72e68e 100644
--- a/apps/onlyhlt/Makefile
+++ b/apps/onlyhlt/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 TARGET = onlyhlt
-
-.PHONY: all
-all: $(TARGET)
-
-onlyhlt: onlyhlt.asm Makefile
-	nasm -f bin -o $@ $<
+OBJS = onlyhlt.o
+include ../Makefile.elfapp
+OBJS = onlyhlt.o
diff --git a/apps/onlyhlt/onlyhlt.asm b/apps/onlyhlt/onlyhlt.asm
index f3b34cbc1..396e15f59 100644
--- a/apps/onlyhlt/onlyhlt.asm
+++ b/apps/onlyhlt/onlyhlt.asm
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 bits 64
 section .text
 
+global _start
+_start:
 loop:
     hlt
     jmp loop