diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7809a87ef..2f04917ce 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ OPTION(BUILD_BULLET3 "Set when you want to build Bullet 3" ON)
 OPTION(BUILD_PYBULLET "Set when you want to build pybullet (experimental Python bindings for Bullet)" OFF)
 IF(BUILD_PYBULLET)
 	FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 2.7 REQUIRED)
+	SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "Shared Libs" FORCE)
 ENDIF(BUILD_PYBULLET)
 
 IF(BUILD_BULLET3)