diff --git a/package/bellagio/Config.in b/package/bellagio/Config.in
index 3292ef5fd0..921cc38fcc 100644
--- a/package/bellagio/Config.in
+++ b/package/bellagio/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO
 	bool "bellagio"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_OPENMAX
 	help
 	  Bellagio is an opensource implementation of the
@@ -16,5 +17,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BELLAGIO
 
 	  http://omxil.sourceforge.net/
 
-comment "bellagio requires a toolchain with C++ and threads support enabled"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "bellagio requires a toolchain with C++, threads and dynamic library support enabled"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB