diff --git a/package/hplip/Config.in b/package/hplip/Config.in
index 756567150d..176dc6a6a7 100644
--- a/package/hplip/Config.in
+++ b/package/hplip/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HPLIP
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libusb
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libdl
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	help
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HPLIP
 
 	  http://hplipopensource.com/
 
-comment "hplip needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
+comment "hplip needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS