diff --git a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
index c01dfbc36..eb47c3695 100644
--- a/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
+++ b/package/ncurses/ncurses.mk
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ define HOST_NCURSES_BUILD_CMDS
 endef
 
 HOST_NCURSES_CONF_OPT = \
-	--without-shared --without-gpm \
+	--with-shared --without-gpm \
 	--without-manpages \
 	--without-cxx \
 	--without-cxx-binding \