diff --git a/package/mdadm/Config.in b/package/mdadm/Config.in
index e0d606b5ec..61d631cda8 100644
--- a/package/mdadm/Config.in
+++ b/package/mdadm/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MDADM
 	bool "mdadm"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	help
 	  Utility for managing Linux Software RAID arrays.
 
 	  http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
+
+comment "mdadm needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU