diff --git a/package/perl-sys-cpu/Config.in b/package/perl-sys-cpu/Config.in
index a604945740..8306b371dc 100644
--- a/package/perl-sys-cpu/Config.in
+++ b/package/perl-sys-cpu/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PERL_SYS_CPU
 	bool "perl-sys-cpu"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Perl module for getting information about the system CPU
 	  (Sys::CPU).
+
+comment "perl-sys-cpu needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS