diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
index 324ecdb8..af611d53 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libicu/recipe.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ patches = ["redox.patch"]
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE="${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/source/configure"
 mkdir -p host
 pushd host