diff --git a/package/connman/Config.in b/package/connman/Config.in
index 8803aebc2..63d50b42d 100644
--- a/package/connman/Config.in
+++ b/package/connman/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN
 	depends on BR2_INET_IPV6
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus, libglib2
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # needs dlopen()
 	help
 	  The Connection Manager (ConnMan) project provides a daemon
 	  for managing internet connections within embedded devices
@@ -65,6 +66,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN_CLIENT
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_CONNMAN
 
-comment "connman needs a toolchain w/ IPv6, wchar, threads, resolver"
+comment "connman needs a toolchain w/ IPv6, wchar, threads, resolver, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU && !BR2_avr32
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INET_IPV6 || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB