diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared
index 070098911eb115d3a882aaa6cf1fac7c560ce4b3..1baeff972d77705687483d5aab39539eaa0b2553 100755
--- a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.8-shared
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ curl -L $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
 mv Python-2.7.8 src
 cd src
 
-./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX
+./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX --enable-shared
 make
 make install