diff --git a/package/base/python/python.conf b/package/base/python/python.conf
index de8aa96c2..b09f7b4a7 100644
--- a/package/base/python/python.conf
+++ b/package/base/python/python.conf
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export LIBS=
 runpysetup=0
 preconf="enable_tcltk"
 postmake="make_py_profile"
-confopt="$confopt --with-threads"
+confopt="$confopt --with-threads --enable-shared"
 
 # We can savely ignore this dependencies.
 var_append flistrfilter "|" ".*:	/usr/lib/python.*/site-packages/.*"