diff --git a/package/php/Config.ext b/package/php/Config.ext
index 3082462b4f..7e6b3e0e25 100644
--- a/package/php/Config.ext
+++ b/package/php/Config.ext
@@ -201,14 +201,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_INTL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # icu
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT # icu
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # icu
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ICU
 	help
 	  Internationalization support
 
-comment "intl support needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.8, host gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "intl support needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.8, host gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 || \
 		!BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8