diff --git a/dev-libs/confuse/confuse-2.7.recipe b/dev-libs/confuse/confuse-2.7.recipe
index 14aa171b5..5b0e29149 100644
--- a/dev-libs/confuse/confuse-2.7.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/confuse/confuse-2.7.recipe
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ BUILD()
 	libtoolize -fci
 	autoconf
 	automake --add-missing
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	runConfigure ./configure --enable-shared
 	make
 }