diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0292b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.o
+*.a
diff --git a/Makefile.libretro b/Makefile.libretro
index 3dbfb1f..d81aa1f 100644
--- a/Makefile.libretro
+++ b/Makefile.libretro
@@ -275,6 +275,21 @@ else ifeq ($(platform), switch)
 	LDFLAGS = $(LD_SHARED_LIBRARY_FLAGS) -ltransistor.lib.nro $(LIBTRANSISTOR_LIB_LDFLAGS) -E
 	EXTERNAL_ZLIB=1
 
+# Nintendo Switch (libnx)
+else ifeq ($(platform), libnx)
+    include $(DEVKITPRO)/libnx/switch_rules
+    EXT=a
+    TARGET := $(TARGET_NAME)_libretro_$(platform).$(EXT)
+    DEFINES := -DSWITCH=1 -U__linux__ -U__linux -DRARCH_INTERNAL
+    CFLAGS	:=	 $(DEFINES) -g \
+                -O2 \
+				-fPIE -I$(LIBNX)/include/ -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -ftls-model=local-exec -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -specs=$(LIBNX)/switch.specs
+    CFLAGS += $(INCDIRS)
+    CFLAGS	+=	$(INCLUDE)  -D__SWITCH__ -DHAVE_LIBNX
+    CXXFLAGS := $(ASFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -std=gnu++11
+    CFLAGS += -std=gnu11
+    PLATFORM_DEFINES += -DARM -march=armv8-a -mtune=cortex-a57 -mtp=soft
+    STATIC_LINKING = 1
 
 # ARM
 else ifneq (,$(findstring armv,$(platform)))