diff --git a/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/libebml/libebml_1.4.4.bb b/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/libebml/libebml_1.4.4.bb
index fe6436b148b..3e37e7d2df4 100644
--- a/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/libebml/libebml_1.4.4.bb
+++ b/meta-multimedia/recipes-mkv/libebml/libebml_1.4.4.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit pkgconfig cmake dos2unix
 
-#Static library enabled by default. It has been added in case you want to use it dynamically.
-#EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"