diff --git a/package/rpm/Config.in b/package/rpm/Config.in
index 8b7705d105..9b4c8a7e82 100644
--- a/package/rpm/Config.in
+++ b/package/rpm/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-comment "rpm needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "rpm needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library and threads"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_RPM
 	bool "rpm"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # beecrypt
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()