diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
index 70223be490..9f37c5fc24 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/snappy/snappy_1.1.7.bb
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ inherit cmake pkgconfig
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[lzo] = "-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=1,-DHAVE_LIBLZO2=0,lzo,"
 TARGET_CFLAGS += "-fPIC"
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="ON" \
+                  '