diff --git a/package/libsrtp/libsrtp.mk b/package/libsrtp/libsrtp.mk
index 5e622551d1..e5cf47b787 100644
--- a/package/libsrtp/libsrtp.mk
+++ b/package/libsrtp/libsrtp.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ endif
 # host-pkgconf to make sure pkg-config is installed.
 LIBSRTP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+# openssl handling needs libdl support
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 LIBSRTP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 LIBSRTP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-openssl
 else