diff --git a/package/audit/Config.in b/package/audit/Config.in
index a973e20854..8ac1b4f252 100644
--- a/package/audit/Config.in
+++ b/package/audit/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT
 	bool "audit"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  The audit package contains the user space utilities for
 	  storing and searching the audit records generated by
@@ -17,6 +18,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT
 
 	  http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
 
-comment "audit needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "audit needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS