diff --git a/package/flann/Config.in b/package/flann/Config.in
index 4b0b5a8cf..6185b1292 100644
--- a/package/flann/Config.in
+++ b/package/flann/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLANN
 	bool "flann"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	help
 	  FLANN is a library for performing fast approximate nearest
 	  neighbor searches in high dimensional spaces. It contains a
@@ -20,5 +21,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FLANN_EXAMPLES
 
 endif
 
-comment "flann needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "flann needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB