diff --git a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
index 95e7051459..bb1bac267b 100644
--- a/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
+++ b/packages/python/system/simplejson/package.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 
 pre_make_target() {
   export PYTHONXCPREFIX="${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr"
+  export LDSHARED="${CC} -shared"
 }
 
 make_target() {