diff --git a/package/neard/Config.in b/package/neard/Config.in
index ed20e0604b..353d1af8c5 100644
--- a/package/neard/Config.in
+++ b/package/neard/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NEARD
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libnl, dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus, libglib2
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL
@@ -23,6 +24,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NEARD_TOOLS
 
 endif
 
-comment "neard needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+comment "neard needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS