diff --git a/packages/security/gnutls/meta b/packages/security/gnutls/meta
index 584ac506a7..03b1083016 100644
--- a/packages/security/gnutls/meta
+++ b/packages/security/gnutls/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnutls.org/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.2/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib nettle"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib nettle"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="security"
diff --git a/packages/security/nettle/build b/packages/security/nettle/build
index df2ad7b8f6..384a2a4a25 100755
--- a/packages/security/nettle/build
+++ b/packages/security/nettle/build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
             --localstatedir=/var \
             --enable-static \
-            --disable-shared \
+            --enable-shared \
             --disable-openssl \
             --with-gnu-ld
 
diff --git a/packages/security/nettle/install b/packages/security/nettle/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1f302b928e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/security/nettle/install
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libnettle.so $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  ln -sf libnettle.so $INSTALL/usr/lib/`basename $PKG_BUILD/.lib/libnettle.so.[0-9]`
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libhogweed.so $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  ln -sf libhogweed.so $INSTALL/usr/lib/`basename $PKG_BUILD/.lib/libhogweed.so.[0-9]`