diff --git a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
index 07fc47a528..d56946fb74 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libxlsxwriter/libxlsxwriter-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 		-DUSE_OPENSSL_MD5="$(usex openssl ON OFF)"
 		-DUSE_SYSTEM_MINIZIP="ON"
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="OFF"
+		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON"
 		-DUSE_DTOA_LIBRARY=${DOUBLEFUNCTION}
 	)
 	cmake_src_configure