diff --git a/packages/lang/Python3/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python3/package.mk
index a87cd1acd5..efed40c950 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python3/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python3/package.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PKG_URL="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME::-1}-${PKG_
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host bzip2:host libffi:host util-linux:host xz:host autoconf-archive:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="autotools:host gcc:host Python3:host sqlite expat zlib bzip2 xz openssl libffi readline ncurses util-linux"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Python3 is an interpreted object-oriented programming language."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-cfg-libs -cfg-libs:host"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 PKG_PYTHON_VERSION="python3.12"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="ac_cv_prog_HAS_HG=/bin/false
                          --with-system-ffi
                          --without-pymalloc
                          --with-ensurepip=no
+                         --enable-shared
 "
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_prog_HAS_HG=/bin/false
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_prog_HAS_HG=/bin/false
                            --without-ensurepip
                            --enable-ipv6
                            --with-build-python=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin/python
+                           --enable-shared
 "
 
 pre_configure_host() {