diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
index 826934505e..8460e37d09 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/pkg-toolchain-external.mk
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ endef
 # With the musl C library, the libc.so library directly plays the role
 # of the dynamic library loader. We just need to create a symbolic
 # link to libc.so with the appropriate name.
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_MUSL):$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y:)
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
 MUSL_ARCH = i386
 else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_EABIHF),y)