diff --git a/package/conntrack-tools/Config.in b/package/conntrack-tools/Config.in
index 84d3fd467d..03e3ed905f 100644
--- a/package/conntrack-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/conntrack-tools/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNTRACK_TOOLS
 	bool "conntrack-tools"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libtirpc
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNETFILTER_CONNTRACK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNETFILTER_CTHELPER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNETFILTER_CTTIMEOUT
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CONNTRACK_TOOLS
 
 comment "conntrack-tools needs a toolchain w/ threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC)
+	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC) || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS