diff --git a/package/mosh/Config.in b/package/mosh/Config.in
index f4c14668b6..868b9ffcb3 100644
--- a/package/mosh/Config.in
+++ b/package/mosh/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-comment "mosh needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "mosh needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on !(BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64)
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSH
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MOSH
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64 # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # protobuf
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86" # protobuf
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
diff --git a/package/ola/Config.in b/package/ola/Config.in
index f587db5ad0..fd693ded8c 100644
--- a/package/ola/Config.in
+++ b/package/ola/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-comment "ola needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "ola needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OLA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # protobuf
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # protobuf
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64 # protobuf
diff --git a/package/protobuf/Config.in b/package/protobuf/Config.in
index bbb927f269..9ee7e7df45 100644
--- a/package/protobuf/Config.in
+++ b/package/protobuf/Config.in
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
 	# host-protobuf only builds on certain architectures
 	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral,
 	  extensible mechanism for serializing structured data.
 
 	  https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers
 
-comment "protobuf needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "protobuf needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_mipsel || BR2_x86_64
 	depends on BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86_64" || BR2_HOSTARCH = "x86"