diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index 70ae9c1796..0544b7cc04 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -205,13 +205,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 
-comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
index b3929b440b..6216c7f934 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -312,15 +312,16 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PULSE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # pulseaudio
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	help
 	  PulseAudio plugin library
 
-comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_SOUPHTTPSRC
 	bool "souphttpsrc (http client)"
diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index b57aa55d3a..ed036fe985 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -238,10 +238,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_OSS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # pulseaudio
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # pulseaudio
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	help
 	  Enable pulseaudio output support.
 
+comment "pulseaudio support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 comment "Miscellaneous plugins"
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_AVAHI_SUPPORT
diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
index b2be9ab905..63c8ca4b2e 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	bool "pulseaudio"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_DAEMON
 
 endif
 
-comment "pulseaudio needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "pulseaudio needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS