diff --git a/package/directfb/directfb.mk b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
index 1d83a0b623..3ae7f3e9f2 100644
--- a/package/directfb/directfb.mk
+++ b/package/directfb/directfb.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ DIRECTFB_CONF_OPT = \
 	--disable-video4linux \
 	--disable-video4linux2 \
 	--without-tools
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
+DIRECTFB_CONF_OPT += --disable-dynload
+endif
+
 DIRECTFB_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = directfb-config
 
 DIRECTFB_DEPENDENCIES = freetype zlib