diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index 22194b92..c181c03e 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@ alias purgeconfig="apt-get install --reinstall -o DPkg::options::=--force-confas
 # Send command output to http://sprunge.us `command|sprungeus`
 alias sprungeus="curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us"
 
+# Always build pythons with --enable-shared when using pyenv
+alias pyenv='CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" command \pyenv'
+
 # Allow custom aliases to be put in .aliases or .bash_aliases .
 
 # .aliases
diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index 7c0bfd86..63af4027 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -515,6 +515,9 @@ alias purgeconfig="apt-get install --reinstall -o DPkg::options::=--force-confas
 # Send command output to http://sprunge.us `command|sprungeus`
 alias sprungeus="curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us"
 
+# Always build pythons with --enable-shared when using pyenv
+alias pyenv='CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" command \pyenv'
+
 # .aliases
 if [ -f ~/.aliases ]; then
     source ~/.aliases