diff --git a/package/firmware-utils/Config.in b/package/firmware-utils/Config.in
index 501b89b453..7753360702 100644
--- a/package/firmware-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/firmware-utils/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_UTILS
 	bool "firmware-utils"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_DES if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
@@ -14,3 +15,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FIRMWARE_UTILS
 	  extract a part of firmware image and flash it.
 
 	  https://git.openwrt.org/?p=project/firmware-utils.git;a=summary
+
+comment "firmware-utils needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS