diff --git a/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
index cfc46e9ed..de1b3ca69 100644
--- a/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/ion/recipe.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_cargo
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
index fb274e60b..48e78b61c 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/gnu-make/recipe.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ cp -rp "$COOKBOOK_SOURCE/." ./
 cookbook_configure
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
index a2330bd67..2740fa0ee 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libgmp/recipe.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
index 38e46cce2..7505d6556 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libiconv/recipe.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ else
 fi
 cookbook_configure
 """
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
index 3e653153c..ba0b80999 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libmpfr/recipe.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc", "libgmp"]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml
index 749805ad4..f27c60ea9 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/mpc/recipe.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_configure
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = [
+    "libgcc",
+    "libgmp",
+    "libmpfr",
+]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
index ce862c9f7..05a5dec85 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/nghttp2/recipe.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS+=(
 )
 cookbook_configure
 """
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
index fe1fc8390..0ff21eb5e 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ script = """
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 """
 
+[package]
+shared-deps = ["libgcc"]
diff --git a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml
index 198037b1d..ec269f387 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/gnu-binutils/recipe.toml
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ cookbook_configure
 """
 
 [package]
-dependencies = [
+shared-deps = [
   "libgcc", 
   "expat",
   "libgmp",
   "libmpfr",
   "zlib",
 ]
-
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index fcfab14a9..c573311c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ use std::{
 use termion::{color, style};
 use walkdir::{DirEntry, WalkDir};
 
+fn should_build_shared() -> bool {
+    use std::sync::OnceLock;
+    static YES: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
+    *YES.get_or_init(|| env::var("COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC").expect("COOKBOOK_PREFER_STATIC").is_empty())
+}
+
 fn remove_all(path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     if path.is_dir() {
         fs::remove_dir_all(path)
@@ -639,6 +645,38 @@ function cookbook_configure {
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
     "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
 }
+
+function cookbook_cmake {
+    cat > CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake <<EOF
+    set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT})
+    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TARGET}-gcc)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TARGET}-g++)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
+    set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_USES_PATH_WHEN_NO_SONAME 1)
+EOF
+
+    cmake "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}" \
+        -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="." \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SBINDIR=bin \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR="include" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_OLDINCLUDEDIR="/include" \
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True \
+        -DENABLE_STATIC=False \
+        -GNinja \
+        -Wno-dev \
+        "${COOKBOOK_CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
+    
+    ninja -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+    DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" ninja install -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+}
+
 "#;
 
         let post_script = r#"# Common post script
@@ -787,12 +825,17 @@ fn package(
             target: String,
             depends: Vec<String>,
         }
+        let depends = if should_build_shared() {
+            package.dependencies.iter().chain(package.shared_deps.iter()).cloned().collect()
+        } else {
+            package.dependencies.clone()
+        };
         let stage_toml = toml::to_string(&StageToml {
             name: name.into(),
             version: "TODO".into(),
             target: env::var("TARGET")
                 .map_err(|err| format!("failed to read TARGET: {:?}", err))?,
-            depends: package.dependencies.clone(),
+            depends
         })
         .map_err(|err| format!("failed to serialize stage.toml: {:?}", err))?;
         fs::write(target_dir.join("stage.toml"), stage_toml)
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 2f1566e19..9ed96ecc4 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ pub struct BuildRecipe {
 pub struct PackageRecipe {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub dependencies: Vec<String>,
+    #[serde(rename = "shared-deps", default)]
+    pub shared_deps: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 /// Everything required to build a Redox package
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 package: PackageRecipe {
                     dependencies: Vec::new(),
+                    shared_deps: Vec::new(),
                 },
             }
         );
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ mod tests {
                 },
                 package: PackageRecipe {
                     dependencies: Vec::new(),
+                    shared_deps: Vec::new(),
                 },
             }
         );