diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/multimedia-tools-depends/depends/libmediainfo/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/multimedia-tools-depends/depends/libmediainfo/package.mk
index 27e6415193..09686bf4f1 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/multimedia-tools-depends/depends/libmediainfo/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/multimedia-tools-depends/depends/libmediainfo/package.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ configure_target() {
         --host=${TARGET_NAME} \
         --build=${HOST_NAME} \
         --enable-static \
-        --disable-shared \
+        --enable-shared \
         --prefix=/usr \
         --enable-visibility
 }
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ makeinstall_target() {
     mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/include/MediaInfo/${i}/
     cp -aP ../../../Source/MediaInfo/${i}/*.h ${INSTALL}/usr/include/MediaInfo/${i}/
   done
-  cp -P .libs/* ${INSTALL}/usr/lib
+
+  # only install static library, so mediainfo does not build with shared library
+  cp -P .libs/libmediainfo.a ${INSTALL}/usr/lib
   cp -P libmediainfo.pc ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 }