diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 79dee234..2a1cf1b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,3 +52,6 @@ src/version.h
 lib/
 share/
 include/darknet/
+uselib
+uselib_track
+darknet
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index acdb8f67..d5d329d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set(Darknet_PATCH_VERSION 5)
 set(Darknet_VERSION ${Darknet_MAJOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_MINOR_VERSION}.${Darknet_PATCH_VERSION})
 
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Create verbose makefile")
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Create dark as a shared library")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "TRUE" CACHE BOOL "Create dark as a shared library")
 if (WIN32)
   set(SELECT_OPENCV_MODULES "TRUE" CACHE BOOL "Use only few selected OpenCV modules to circumvent some Ninja+CMake bugs on Windows")
 else()