diff --git a/package/lksctp-tools/Config.in b/package/lksctp-tools/Config.in
index b8a8c7af93..9c95ef5e1c 100644
--- a/package/lksctp-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/lksctp-tools/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LKSCTP_TOOLS
 	bool "lksctp-tools"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen()
 	help
 	  The lksctp-tools project provides a Linux user space library
 	  for SCTP (libsctp) including C language header files
@@ -11,6 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LKSCTP_TOOLS
 
 	  http://lksctp.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "lksctp-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "lksctp-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS