diff --git a/package/guile/Config.in b/package/guile/Config.in
index d24f318448..acb0974311 100644
--- a/package/guile/Config.in
+++ b/package/guile/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GUILE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_ARCH_SUPPORTS # bdwgc
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libunistring
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNISTRING
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GUILE
 
 	  http://www.gnu.org/software/guile
 
-comment "guile needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
+comment "guile needs a toolchain w/ threads, wchar, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS