diff --git a/package/libva/Config.in b/package/libva/Config.in
index 9d63b52650..05369c5dbf 100644
--- a/package/libva/Config.in
+++ b/package/libva/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXFIXES if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libdrm/libpthread-stubs
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # libdrm
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	help
 	  The main motivation for VA-API (Video Acceleration API) is to enable
 	  hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD,
@@ -14,5 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVA
 
 	  http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi/
 
-comment "libva needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "libva needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB