diff --git a/package/lttng-libust/Config.in b/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
index 7c30d7846..1c26843e2 100644
--- a/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-libust/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_LIBUST
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_i386 || BR2_powerpc || BR2_x86_64
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_58854 # liburcu/gcc-4.8.x bug
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Userspace tracing library for the LTTng 2.x tracing
 	  infrastructure. It allows userspace programs to create
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_LIBUST
 
 	  http://lttng.org
 
-comment "lttng-libust needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "lttng-libust needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_i386 || BR2_powerpc || BR2_x86_64
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_58854 # liburcu/gcc-4.8.x bug
 
 comment "lttng-libust needs a toolchain not affected by GCC bug 58854"