diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 85c3ee7991420de10186fecf57020ec0111f5336..732d0f0a0b8c2fe0384ed627f6d62818a4f5042e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ LINK_DIRECTORIES(.)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # OTB build configuration options.
-OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build OTB with shared libraries." OFF)
+OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build OTB with shared libraries." ON)
 SET(OTB_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
 
 # Options for building some of the most common core templates explicitly only