diff --git a/packages/devel/spdlog/package.mk b/packages/devel/spdlog/package.mk
index 2acc277a3e..b32c2dc9ac 100644
--- a/packages/devel/spdlog/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/spdlog/package.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Very fast, header only, C++ logging library."
 
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 \
                        -DCMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS:BOOL=OFF \
+                       -DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=ON \
                        -DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=ON \
                        -DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=OFF \
                        -DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"