diff --git a/games-strategy/vcmi/vcmi-1.1.1.recipe b/games-strategy/vcmi/vcmi-1.1.1.recipe
index 4f4a9afeb..86d0dec63 100644
--- a/games-strategy/vcmi/vcmi-1.1.1.recipe
+++ b/games-strategy/vcmi/vcmi-1.1.1.recipe
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ BUILD()
 		-DDATA_DIR=$relativeDataDir/vcmi \
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$prefix \
 		-DLIB_DIR=$relativeLibDir \
-		-DFORCE_BUNDLED_FL=0
+		-DFORCE_BUNDLED_FL=0 \
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 
 	make -C build $jobArgs
 }