diff --git a/package/gconf/Config.in b/package/gconf/Config.in
index a68287525b..a967d61644 100644
--- a/package/gconf/Config.in
+++ b/package/gconf/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GCONF
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GCONF
 
 	  https://projects.gnome.org/gconf/
 
-comment "gconf needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
+comment "gconf needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS