diff --git a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
index def6f95..ca6062a 100644
--- a/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tracetools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if(TRACING_ENABLED)
   list(APPEND SOURCES ${LTTNG_TP_FILES})
 endif()
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCES})
 if(TRACING_ENABLED)
   target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC TRACETOOLS_LTTNG_ENABLED)
   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${LTTNG_LIBRARIES} -ldl)