diff --git a/package/lxc/Config.in b/package/lxc/Config.in
index 10a668d446..ffd9b4a061 100644
--- a/package/lxc/Config.in
+++ b/package/lxc/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LXC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	# build system forcefully builds a shared library
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	# the toolchain doesn't support setns syscall
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201305
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405
@@ -14,9 +16,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LXC
 
 	  https://linuxcontainers.org/
 
-comment "lxc needs a toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 3.0"
+comment "lxc needs a toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 3.0, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201305
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_CODESOURCERY_NIOSII201405
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_0 \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS