diff --git a/templates/gcc.tmpl b/templates/gcc.tmpl
index 0321c644e87..dd7d92b0ece 100644
--- a/templates/gcc.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gcc.tmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-clocale=gnu --disable-bootstrap
  --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++ --enable-tls
  --with-local-prefix=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version
  --with-mpfr=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr --with-gmp=$XBPS_MASTERDIR/usr
- --disable-rpath --with-system-zlib"
+ --disable-rpath --with-system-zlib --enable-shared"
 short_desc="The GNU C Compiler suite"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=bfbf487731ad5dca37efe480a837417de071bd67e685d5c1df6a290707575165