diff --git a/Android.mk b/Android.mk
index 1e87cca..cf3beea 100644
--- a/Android.mk
+++ b/Android.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := eng
 LOCAL_MODULE := libncurses
 
-include $(BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 
 TERMINFO_SOURCE := $(LOCAL_PATH)/lib/terminfo/
 TERMINFO_TARGET := $(TARGET_OUT_ETC)/terminfo