diff --git a/CMake/variants/variants.lhd002 b/CMake/variants/variants.lhd002
index 03c1a35cfb68c78b4ae8d2133068acdb013f3446..917c84ee22338dc7e22ea8ce514457e0b06a0184 100644
--- a/CMake/variants/variants.lhd002
+++ b/CMake/variants/variants.lhd002
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-qoption(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS        "Build shared libraries"      ON)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS        "Build shared libraries"      ON)
 
 set(CASACORE_ROOT_DIR /opt/cep/casacore/current)
 set(CASAREST_ROOT_DIR /opt/cep/casarest/current)