diff --git a/package/botan/Config.in b/package/botan/Config.in
index 733dc8965..c82a77fb2 100644
--- a/package/botan/Config.in
+++ b/package/botan/Config.in
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # dlfcn.h
 	help
 	  Botan is a crypto library for C++
 
 	  http://botan.randombit.net
 
-comment "botan needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "botan needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BOTAN_ARCH_SUPPORTS