diff --git a/package/erlang/Config.in b/package/erlang/Config.in
index 06833b9d8..0566582c1 100644
--- a/package/erlang/Config.in
+++ b/package/erlang/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-comment "erlang needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "erlang needs a toolchain w/ threads, shared library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS && BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG
 	bool "erlang"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	help
 	  Erlang is a programming language used to build massively scalable
 	  soft real-time systems with requirements on high availability.