diff --git a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
index 7808ba3abe..b758d32f45 100644
--- a/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-tools/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_58854 # liburcu/gcc-4.8.x bug
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # uses dlfcn
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_TOOLS
 
 	  http://lttng.org
 
-comment "lttng-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
+comment "lttng-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURCU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_58595 # lttng-tools/gcc-4.{7,8}.x bug
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_58854 # liburcu/gcc-4.8.x bug