diff --git a/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml b/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
index 18f514a52a..38f905a295 100644
--- a/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/libceed-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["static"]
-static = []
+shared = []
 system = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/libceed-sys/build.rs b/rust/libceed-sys/build.rs
index d1cc93be6e..b165c9b504 100644
--- a/rust/libceed-sys/build.rs
+++ b/rust/libceed-sys/build.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 
 fn main() {
     let out_dir = PathBuf::from(env("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
-    let statik = env("CARGO_FEATURE_STATIC").is_some();
+    let shared = env("CARGO_FEATURE_SHARED").is_some();
     let system = env("CARGO_FEATURE_SYSTEM").is_some();
 
     let ceed_pc = if system {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fn main() {
             .arg("FC=") // Don't try to find Fortran (unused library build/install)
             .env("MAKEFLAGS", makeflags)
             .current_dir("c-src");
-        if statik {
+        if !shared {
             make.arg("STATIC=1");
         }
         run(&mut make);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn main() {
             .into_owned()
     };
     pkg_config::Config::new()
-        .statik(statik)
+        .statik(!shared)
         .atleast_version("0.12.0")
         .probe(&ceed_pc)
         .unwrap();
diff --git a/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml b/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
index 42dce37e2d..ec827fe3cf 100644
--- a/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/libceed/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ keywords = ["libceed", "exascale", "high-order"]
 categories = ["science"]
 
 [dependencies]
-libceed-sys = { version = "0.12", path = "../libceed-sys" }
+libceed-sys = { version = "0.12", path = "../libceed-sys", default-features = false}
 katexit = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 version-sync = "0.9.2"
 
+[features]
+shared = ["libceed-sys/shared"]
+system = ["libceed-sys/system"]
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["katexit"]