diff --git a/package/libselinux/Config.in b/package/libselinux/Config.in
index c8a23b3e2c..e4d1309daa 100644
--- a/package/libselinux/Config.in
+++ b/package/libselinux/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  libselinux is the runtime SELinux library that provides
 	  interfaces (e.g. library functions for the SELinux kernel
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX
 
 	  http://selinuxproject.org/page/Main_Page
 
-comment "libselinux needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
-        depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_LARGEFILE
+comment "libselinux needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_LARGEFILE || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/libsemanage/Config.in b/package/libsemanage/Config.in
index 3f4bfb70a2..bef5c78305 100644
--- a/package/libsemanage/Config.in
+++ b/package/libsemanage/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSEMANAGE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  libsemanage is the policy management library. It uses
 	  libsepol for binary policy manipulation and libselinux for
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSEMANAGE_PYTHON_BINDINGS
 
 endif
 
-comment "libsemanage needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_LARGEFILE
+comment "libsemanage needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_LARGEFILE || BR2_STATIC_LIBS