diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa8e2095..14079bf2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ if(WITH_PDF2HTMLEX)
 endif(WITH_PDF2HTMLEX)
 if(WITH_WVWARE)
     find_package(wvware REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(odr PRIVATE wvware::wvware)
+    # target "meta" errors out if wvware is linked privately
+    target_link_libraries(odr PUBLIC wvware::wvware)
 endif(WITH_WVWARE)
 
 if (EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/html/wvWare_wrapper.cpp b/src/odr/internal/html/wvWare_wrapper.cpp
index 46618890..deb3e4f2 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/html/wvWare_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/html/wvWare_wrapper.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 
 extern "C" {
 int convert(char *inputFile, char *outputDir, const char *password);
-int no_graphics;
+int no_graphics = 1;
+int documentId = 0;
+
+char *s_WVDATADIR = NULL;
+char *s_HTMLCONFIG = NULL;
 }
 
 namespace odr::internal {
@@ -20,15 +24,20 @@ Html wvWare_wrapper(const File &file, const std::string &output_path,
     throw FileNotFound();
   }
 
+  // @TODO: getenv()
+//  s_WVDATADIR = NULL;
+//  s_HTMLCONFIG = NULL;
+
   auto output_file_path = output_path + "/document.html";
 
   char *input_file_path = strdup(disk_path->c_str());
   char *output_dir = strdup(output_path.c_str());
 
-  no_graphics = 1;
-
   g_htmlOutputFileHandle = fopen(output_file_path.c_str(), "w");
 
+  documentId++;
+
+  // @TODO: password
   std::string password;
   int retVal = convert(input_file_path, output_dir, password.c_str());
   free(output_dir);
diff --git a/src/wvWare.c b/src/wvWare.c
index 46128e3c..440e656c 100644
--- a/src/wvWare.c
+++ b/src/wvWare.c
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
  * 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
-//#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <wv/config.h>
-//#endif
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -50,12 +48,6 @@
 #define wvTrace( args )
 #endif
 
-/* strdup isn't declared in <string.h> for `gcc -ansi'; declare it here */
-extern char *strdup (const char *);
-
-extern char *str_copy(char *d, size_t n, char *s);
-extern char *str_append(char *d, size_t n, char *s);
-
 extern char *s_WVDATADIR;
 extern char *s_HTMLCONFIG;
 extern int documentId;
@@ -67,7 +59,18 @@ extern int documentId;
   } \
 }
 
-extern char * strdup_and_append_twice(const char * a, const char * b, const char * c);
+char *strdup_and_append_twice(const char *a, const char *b, const char *c) {
+  const size_t szA = strlen(a);
+  const size_t szB = strlen(b);
+  const size_t szC = strlen(c);
+
+  char *buf = malloc(szA + szB + szC + 1);
+  strcpy(buf, a);
+  strcpy(buf + szA, b);
+  strcpy(buf + szA + szB, c);
+  buf[szA + szB + szC] = '\0';
+  return buf;
+}
 
 /*
 Released under GPL, written by Caolan.McNamara@ul.ie.