diff --git a/package/poppler/Config.in b/package/poppler/Config.in
index 3fa244fbae..6ff6215e29 100644
--- a/package/poppler/Config.in
+++ b/package/poppler/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER
 	bool "poppler"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # C++14, constexpr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG
 	help
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER_UTILS
 
 endif
 
-comment "poppler needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, gcc >= 5"
+comment "poppler needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 5"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5