diff --git a/ports/g2o/CONTROL b/ports/g2o/CONTROL
index 81e2b045d5..cdad4d19ac 100644
--- a/ports/g2o/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/g2o/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: g2o
-Version: 20170730_git-2
+Version: 20170730_git-3
 Build-Depends: suitesparse, eigen3, clapack, ceres
 Description: g2o: A General Framework for Graph Optimization http://openslam.org/g2o.html
diff --git a/ports/g2o/portfile.cmake b/ports/g2o/portfile.cmake
index bdfa20f62f..ba81867897 100644
--- a/ports/g2o/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/g2o/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
 )
 
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" BUILD_LGPL_SHARED_LIBS)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
+        -DBUILD_LGPL_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_LGPL_SHARED_LIBS}
         -DG2O_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
         -DG2O_BUILD_APPS=OFF
 )