diff --git a/package/libcurl/Config.in b/package/libcurl/Config.in
index 8c601c3a70..3381decca8 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/Config.in
+++ b/package/libcurl/Config.in
@@ -68,8 +68,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_MBEDTLS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_WOLFSSL
 	bool "WolfSSL"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # wolfssl-all
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_ALL
 
+comment "WolfSSL needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_TLS_NONE
 	bool "None"
 
diff --git a/package/libuhttpd/Config.in b/package/libuhttpd/Config.in
index 97fc984ea0..a552a88f0c 100644
--- a/package/libuhttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/libuhttpd/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUHTTPD
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_ALL if BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_ALL if BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL && \
+		!BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  A lightweight and fully asynchronous HTTP server
 	  library based on libev
diff --git a/package/libuhttpd/libuhttpd.mk b/package/libuhttpd/libuhttpd.mk
index b8cf935d01..0d5306c6dd 100644
--- a/package/libuhttpd/libuhttpd.mk
+++ b/package/libuhttpd/libuhttpd.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LIBUHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DUSE_MBEDTLS=OFF \
 	-DUSE_OPENSSL=ON \
 	-DUSE_WOLFSSL=OFF
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL),y)
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_ALL),y)
 LIBUHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += wolfssl
 LIBUHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DSSL_SUPPORT=ON \
diff --git a/package/wolfssl/Config.in b/package/wolfssl/Config.in
index 3c6d68f592..3a97125e8d 100644
--- a/package/wolfssl/Config.in
+++ b/package/wolfssl/Config.in
@@ -13,9 +13,13 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_ALL
 	bool "enable all features, except SSLv3"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Enable all wolfSSL features, except SSL version 3.0 support.
 
+comment "all features, except SSLv3 needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WOLFSSL_SSLV3
 	bool "enable SSLv3"
 	help