diff --git a/package/ntfs-3g/Config.in b/package/ntfs-3g/Config.in
index 36e8ab85d5..a860498d64 100644
--- a/package/ntfs-3g/Config.in
+++ b/package/ntfs-3g/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NTFS_3G
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available
 	  read/write NTFS driver for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD,
@@ -29,6 +30,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NTFS_3G_NTFSPROGS
 
 endif
 
-comment "ntfs-3g needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "ntfs-3g needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_USE_WCHAR && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)
+	depends on !(BR2_USE_WCHAR && BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS && BR2_STATIC_LIBS)