diff --git a/oqs-scripts/build_liboqs.sh b/oqs-scripts/build_liboqs.sh
index 7c4ed5abb86f..6e172d57d165 100755
--- a/oqs-scripts/build_liboqs.sh
+++ b/oqs-scripts/build_liboqs.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ PREFIX=${PREFIX:-"`pwd`/oqs"}
 cd oqs-scripts/tmp/liboqs
 rm -rf build
 mkdir build && cd build
-cmake .. -GNinja -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX}
+cmake .. -GNinja -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${PREFIX}
 ninja
 ninja install
diff --git a/oqs-scripts/build_openssh.sh b/oqs-scripts/build_openssh.sh
index fee22281414b..ecf8052c9eca 100755
--- a/oqs-scripts/build_openssh.sh
+++ b/oqs-scripts/build_openssh.sh
@@ -33,4 +33,9 @@ if [ "x${CIRCLECI}" == "xtrue" ] || [ "x${TRAVIS}" == "xtrue" ]; then
 else
     make -j
 fi
+# check whether INSTALL_PREFIX/lib exists to support shared OQS builds
+if [ ! -d $INSTALL_PREFIX/lib ]; then
+   mkdir -p $INSTALL_PREFIX
+   cp -R oqs/lib $INSTALL_PREFIX
+fi
 make install