diff --git a/package/vlc/Config.in b/package/vlc/Config.in
index e2b8da9b55..03e85c3fca 100644
--- a/package/vlc/Config.in
+++ b/package/vlc/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
 	bool "vlc"
 	depends on (BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) # spawn.h
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV3_BACKEND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_OBJDETECT
 
-comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot, uclibc-ng or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
+comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot, uclibc-ng or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
 	depends on !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) \
-		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
+		|| !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7