diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d163d11..259bb87 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New features
+* base: add bitshuffle support for areaDetector. by @gustavosr8 in
+  https://github.com/cnpem/epics-in-docker/pull/78
+
 ## v0.10.1
 
 This bug fix release is relevant to ipmiComm users.
diff --git a/base/install_area_detector.sh b/base/install_area_detector.sh
index c995cef..f93ed40 100755
--- a/base/install_area_detector.sh
+++ b/base/install_area_detector.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ WITH_QSRV=YES
 WITH_BLOSC=YES
 BLOSC_EXTERNAL=NO
 
-WITH_BITSHUFFLE=NO
+WITH_BITSHUFFLE=YES
+BITSHUFFLE_EXTERNAL=NO
+
 WITH_GRAPHICSMAGICK=NO
 
 WITH_HDF5=YES