diff --git a/dev-games/ode/ode-0.12.recipe b/dev-games/ode/ode-0.12.recipe
index bce78da7c..d59e033d3 100644
--- a/dev-games/ode/ode-0.12.recipe
+++ b/dev-games/ode/ode-0.12.recipe
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ PATCHES="ode-0.12.patch"
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	runConfigure ./configure --enable-shared
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 INSTALL()