diff --git a/package/apitrace/Config.in b/package/apitrace/Config.in
index abd7ae00ee..263eec5e7d 100644
--- a/package/apitrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/apitrace/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-comment "apitrace needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "apitrace needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, dynamic library, threads, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_APITRACE
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_APITRACE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11 if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7