diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
index 79b962a360..18ae805f7b 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
@@ -72,3 +72,5 @@ distutils_do_install() {
 }
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_compile do_install
+
+export LDSHARED="${CCLD} -shared"