diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ti/tinyxml-2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ti/tinyxml-2/package.nix
index 5206b1bac7da..5445237a4511 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ti/tinyxml-2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ti/tinyxml-2/package.nix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
+    "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
     # the cmake package does not handle absolute CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR
     # correctly (setting it to an absolute path causes include files to go to
     # $out/$out/include, because the absolute path is interpreted with root at