diff --git a/package/wvdial/Config.in b/package/wvdial/Config.in
index e57f9755f7..5d415b1c79 100644
--- a/package/wvdial/Config.in
+++ b/package/wvdial/Config.in
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WVDIAL
 	bool "wvdial"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # wvstreams
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # wvstreams
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_WVSTREAMS
 	help
 	  wvdial is an intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol dialer
 
 	  http://wvdial.googlecode.com/
 
-comment "wvdial needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+comment "wvdial needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/wvstreams/Config.in b/package/wvstreams/Config.in
index 3080dc71ef..0cbe60aff6 100644
--- a/package/wvstreams/Config.in
+++ b/package/wvstreams/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WVSTREAMS
 	bool "wvstreams"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
@@ -9,6 +10,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WVSTREAMS
 
 	  http://wvstreams.googlecode.com/
 
-comment "wvstreams needs a toolchain w/ C++"
+comment "wvstreams needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS