diff --git a/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk b/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
index 880eede791..7c7f3d5d9f 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/libxslt/package.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libxml2"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A XSLT C library."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
-PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_ALL="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_ALL="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
                     -DLIBXSLT_WITH_DEBUGGER=ON \
                     -DLIBXSLT_WITH_CRYPTO=OFF \
                     -DLIBXSLT_WITH_MEM_DEBUG=OFF \