diff --git a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.0 b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.0
index 38e25e31f96354890c160148e91a343b4c9b2c37..17559ec88623d1e63536201733bd4c5dce55ae32 100755
--- a/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.0
+++ b/builds/runtimes/python-2.7.0
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ curl -L $SOURCE_TARBALL | tar xz
 mv Python-2.7 src
 cd src
 
-./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX
+./configure --prefix=$OUT_PREFIX --enable-shared
 make
 make install