diff --git a/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in b/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
index c193ef128..4f62592cc 100644
--- a/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
+++ b/package/efl/libelementary/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-comment "libelementary needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "libelementary needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELEMENTARY
 	bool "libelementary"
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBELEMENTARY
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBECORE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEDJE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libevas
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Elementary is a widget toolkit and EFL wrapper and convenience
 	  library to make it easy to build applications and tools with UIs