diff --git a/cmake.opts b/cmake.opts
index 540cfb464f9cc8cd6f4d21cae36c0765599d4bc8..73220b6ec05dc062697a12be7dc0a5ec44d6aff9 100644
--- a/cmake.opts
+++ b/cmake.opts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DUMUX_DISABLE_PROP_MACROS=""
 
 # to enable Python bindings
 DUMUX_ENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=""
-#DUMUX_ENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS="-DDUNE_ENABLE_PYTHONBINDINGS=1 -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=1"
+#DUMUX_ENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS="-DDUNE_ENABLE_PYTHONBINDINGS=1 -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1"
 
 # for debug opts you can set DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE to "Debug" or "RelWithDebInfo"
 # you can also do this in any of the CMakeLists.txt in Dumux