diff -aruN a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile	2009-11-24 10:53:40.000000000 -0800
+++ b/Makefile	2010-09-14 16:23:02.449549736 -0700
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ## a local version (non-root).
 ## Standard distros should comment that option to save space and to
 ## build libiw.so used by third parties...
-BUILD_STATIC = y
+# BUILD_STATIC = y
 
 ## Uncomment this to build without using libm (less efficient).
 ## This is mostly useful for embedded platforms without maths.