diff --git a/make/defs-cpp.mk b/make/defs-cpp.mk
index 59b5434c..710f5fc3 100644
--- a/make/defs-cpp.mk
+++ b/make/defs-cpp.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 CREATE_DEVEL                ?= true
 #COMPILER_SUITE             ?= clang
 COMPILER_SUITE              ?= gcc
+LIBTYPE                     ?= shared
 
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),$(ARCH_32))
   PROJECT_CFLAGS            += -m32
@@ -540,7 +541,6 @@ endif
 
 INSTALL_LIBDIR              ?= $(EXE_PREFIX)/lib
 
-LIBTYPE                     ?= shared
 ifeq ($(LIBTYPE),shared)
   ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
     BUILD_LDFLAGS           += -rdynamic