diff --git a/package/collectd/Config.in b/package/collectd/Config.in
index 9c38d87bcb..05fb577345 100644
--- a/package/collectd/Config.in
+++ b/package/collectd/Config.in
@@ -214,11 +214,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_CURL_XML
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DBI
 	bool "dbi"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDBI
 	help
 	  Executes SQL statements on various databases and
 	  interprets the returned data.
 
+comment "dbi support needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_DF
 	bool "df"
 	help
diff --git a/package/libdbi-drivers/Config.in b/package/libdbi-drivers/Config.in
index 087e6aaf0e..7c505340c1 100644
--- a/package/libdbi-drivers/Config.in
+++ b/package/libdbi-drivers/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDBI_DRIVERS
 	bool "libdbi-drivers"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libdbi
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDBI
 	help
 	  The libdbi-drivers project provides the
 	  database-specific drivers for the libdbi framework.
 
 	  http://libdbi-drivers.sourceforge.net
+
+comment "libdbi-drivers needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/libdbi/Config.in b/package/libdbi/Config.in
index ded2bc6e53..13ac344f82 100644
--- a/package/libdbi/Config.in
+++ b/package/libdbi/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDBI
 	bool "lidbi"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	help
 	  libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer
 	  in C, similar to the DBI/DBD layer in Perl.
 
 	  http://libdbi.sourceforge.net
+
+comment "libdbi needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS