diff --git a/package/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus.mk b/package/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus.mk
index ea0e182748..4d1eb9361b 100644
--- a/package/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus.mk
+++ b/package/redis-plus-plus/redis-plus-plus.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_DEPENDENCIES = hiredis
 
 REDIS_PLUS_PLUS_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DREDIS_PLUS_PLUS_BUILD_SHARED=$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),OFF,ON) \
 	-DREDIS_PLUS_PLUS_BUILD_TEST=OFF
 
 # since version 1.3.0, by default, redis-plus-plus is built with the