diff --git a/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD b/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
index 672f7cb1a..973f68ce0 100644
--- a/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/libvpx/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 # Maintainer: Ionut Biru <ibiru@archlinux.org>
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
-#  - configure option --enable-shared isn't supported for us
 #  - patch to fix building
 #  - disable neon
 
 pkgname=libvpx
 pkgver=1.2.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=2.1
 pkgdesc="The VP8 Codec SDK"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.webmproject.org/"
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ build() {
     cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
     patch -p1 -i ../fix-armhf-link.patch
     ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-vp8 \
+        --enable-shared \
         --enable-postproc \
         --enable-pic \
         --disable-install-docs \