diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.1.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.1.0.bb
index fea5aeff17..5245059a89 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtinyxml2/libtinyxml2_8.1.0.bb
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 inherit cmake
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-Dtinyxml2_SHARED_LIBS=YES"