diff --git a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
index 52a8ae9071..3e69770297 100644
--- a/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
+++ b/toolchain/uClibc/uclibc.mk
@@ -512,7 +512,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_CROSS_TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_UTILS),y)
 endif
 	touch -c $@
 
+ifneq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
 UCLIBC_TARGETS=$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/libc.so.0
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_UCLIBC_INSTALL_TEST_SUITE),y)
 UCLIBC_TARGETS+=uclibc-test
 endif