diff --git a/package/bandwidthd/Config.in b/package/bandwidthd/Config.in
index 0d51f5e8a4..b4a47f2ec6 100644
--- a/package/bandwidthd/Config.in
+++ b/package/bandwidthd/Config.in
@@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BANDWIDTHD
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BANDWIDTHD_POSTGRESQL
 	bool "enable postgresql log target support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Enable support for logging the bandwidthd data to a remote
 	  (or local) postgresql server. This data can then be viewed
 	  through a php site. See README in the source code
 	  (github.com/nroach44/bandwidthd) for more information.
 
+comment "postgresql support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BANDWIDTHD_SQLITE3
 	bool "enable sqlite3 log storage"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
diff --git a/package/php/Config.ext b/package/php/Config.ext
index 499509037e..5324e7958a 100644
--- a/package/php/Config.ext
+++ b/package/php/Config.ext
@@ -159,9 +159,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_POSTGRESQL
 	bool "PostgreSQL"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # postgresql
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  PDO driver for PostgreSQL
 
+comment "PostgreSQL drivers need a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PHP_EXT_PDO_SQLITE
 	bool "SQLite3"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
diff --git a/package/postgresql/Config.in b/package/postgresql/Config.in
index 4c53703568..e9b8f48d4a 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/Config.in
+++ b/package/postgresql/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	bool "postgresql"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	# fails to build in a pure static linking scenario, and
+	# postgresql is unlikely to be used in a pure statically
+	# linked environment.
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational
 	  database system.
@@ -13,3 +17,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	  archives with pg_dump and pg_restore.
 
 	  http://www.postgresql.org
+
+comment "postgresql needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/qt/Config.sql.in b/package/qt/Config.sql.in
index 037837fd62..452edd5133 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.sql.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.sql.in
@@ -31,10 +31,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ODBC
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_PSQL
 	bool "PostgreSQL Driver"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Build PostgreSQL driver
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
+comment "PostgreSQL driver needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 choice
 	prompt "SQLite 3 support"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SQLITE_NONE
diff --git a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
index 20fd905849..df1d3dc57c 100644
--- a/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt5/qt5base/Config.in
@@ -61,10 +61,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_PSQL
 	bool "PostgreSQL Plugin"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # postgresql
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  Build PostgreSQL plugin
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
+comment "PostgreSQL plugin needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 choice
 	prompt "SQLite 3 support"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_SQLITE_NONE