diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 554461bd5..2e67cab95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ endif
 dynamic-library:
 	@echo "Building shared library..."
 	rm -f ./build/lib/libgowaku.$(GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_EXT)*
-	$(GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_CFLAGS) $(GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_CGO_LDFLAGS) ${GOBIN} build \
+	${GOBIN} $(GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_CGO_LDFLAGS) build \
 		-buildmode=c-shared \
 		-tags="${BUILD_TAGS} gowaku_no_rln" \
 		-o ./build/lib/libgowaku.$(GOBIN_SHARED_LIB_EXT) \
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 00a01af8c..978c5da05 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   self ? ./.,
   subPkgs ? "cmd/waku",
   ldflags ? [],
+  cgoLdflags ? "",
   output ? null,
   commit ? builtins.substring 0 7 (self.rev or "dirty"),
   version ? builtins.readFile ./VERSION,
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ pkgs.buildGo120Module {
     "-X github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node.GitCommit=${commit}"
     "-X github.com/waku-org/go-waku/waku/v2/node.Version=${version}"
   ] ++ ldflags;
+  CGO_LDFLAGS = cgoLdflags;
+  GOGCCFLAGS = "-fPIC";
   doCheck = false;
 
   # Otherwise library would be just called bin/c.
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e4cd6b46f..f7ba701ec 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
           inherit self;
           subPkgs = ["library/c"];
           ldflags = ["-buildmode=c-shared"];
-          output = "libgowaku.a";
+          cgoLdflags = "-Wl,-Bsymbolic,-soname,libgowaku.so.0";
+          output = "libgowaku.so";
         };
       });
 
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@
           inputsFrom = [ packages.${system}.node ];
           buildInputs = with pkgs; [ golangci-lint ];
           nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [
-            (pkgs.xcodeenv.composeXcodeWrapper { version = "14.2"; allowHigher = true; })
+            (pkgs.xcodeenv.composeXcodeWrapper {
+              version = "14.2"; allowHigher = true;
+            })
           ];
         };