diff --git a/package/libva-intel-driver/Config.in b/package/libva-intel-driver/Config.in
index 89a3264c92..a0f397b327 100644
--- a/package/libva-intel-driver/Config.in
+++ b/package/libva-intel-driver/Config.in
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVA_INTEL_DRIVER
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libdrm/libpthread-stubs
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE # libdrm
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # libva
 	help
 	  VA-API back-end driver for Intel graphics chips
 
 	  https://01.org/linuxgraphics/community/vaapi
 
-comment "libva intel driver needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "libva intel driver needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64