diff --git a/third_party/cryptopp/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/cryptopp/CMakeLists.txt
index 868ee4cc..c90c2a89 100644
--- a/third_party/cryptopp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/cryptopp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ endif()
 #============================================================================
 
 option(BUILD_STATIC "Build static library" ON)
-option(BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" OFF)
+option(BUILD_SHARED "Build shared library" ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTING "Build library tests" OFF)
 option(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION "Use Doxygen to create the HTML based API documentation" OFF)
 option(USE_INTERMEDIATE_OBJECTS_TARGET "Use a common intermediate objects target for the static and shared library targets" ON)