diff --git a/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0-r1.ebuild
index a74feac620cf9..0ced6aabc53f1 100644
--- a/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-1.5.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH=no
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=no
 		-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=yes
-		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=no
+		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=yes
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=$(usex test)
 	)
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-9999.ebuild
index 060e167a8afd9..24491a214dcba 100644
--- a/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/spdlog/spdlog-9999.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH=no
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE=no
 		-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL=yes
-		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=no
+		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED=yes
 		-DSPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS=$(usex test)
 	)