diff --git a/package/upmpdcli/upmpdcli.mk b/package/upmpdcli/upmpdcli.mk
index d88caac78b..22a5bf2429 100644
--- a/package/upmpdcli/upmpdcli.mk
+++ b/package/upmpdcli/upmpdcli.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ UPMPDCLI_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 UPMPDCLI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 UPMPDCLI_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libmpdclient libupnpp libmicrohttpd jsoncpp
 
+# Disable spotify plugin which requires dlfcn.h
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+UPMPDCLI_CONF_OPTS = --disable-spotify
+endif
+
 # Upmpdcli only runs if user upmpdcli exists
 define UPMPDCLI_USERS
 	upmpdcli -1 upmpdcli -1 * - - audio Upmpdcli MPD UPnP Renderer Front-End