diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index 08d6ba9372..b7ef09c924 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ else
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_LIBCURL=n
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER):$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y:)
 SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += luainterpreter host-pkgconf
 # defines the base name for the pkg-config file ("lua" or "luajit")
 define SWUPDATE_SET_LUA_VERSION