diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index a4d1aab214..ea4b44973e 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if (BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64) && BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 
 
-comment "kodi needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar"
+comment "kodi needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| !BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_EGL_GLES
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_KODI
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_EGL_GLES || BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_GL
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # python
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # python
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
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