diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/Config.in b/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
index fbc236221a..6407645974 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EVENTLOG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG
 
 	  https://syslog-ng.org/
 
-comment "syslog-ng needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "syslog-ng needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS