diff --git a/package/pipewire/Config.in b/package/pipewire/Config.in
index 851312a1a1..b6809c228e 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/Config.in
+++ b/package/pipewire/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
 	bool "pipewire"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ comment "pipewire v4l2 support needs udev and a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.18"
 
 endif
 
-comment "pipewire needs a toolchain w/ threads, gcc >= 5"
+comment "pipewire needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, threads, gcc >= 5"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5