diff --git a/package/optee-client/Config.in b/package/optee-client/Config.in
index 2765f49308..e774d70484 100644
--- a/package/optee-client/Config.in
+++ b/package/optee-client/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT
 	bool "optee-client"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_3 # MMC_IOC_MULTI_CMD
 	help
 	  Enable the OP-TEE client package that brings non-secure
@@ -25,8 +24,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT_TEE_FS_PATH
 	  normal world OS providing the actual storage via
 	  tee-supplicant.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT_SUPP_PLUGINS
+	bool "Enable TEE supplicant plugins"
+	default y
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
+	help
+	  Enable TEE supplicant plugin support.
+
 endif
 
-comment "optee-client needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library, headers >= 4.3"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+comment "optee-client needs a toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 4.3"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_3
diff --git a/package/optee-client/optee-client.mk b/package/optee-client/optee-client.mk
index 20147c89a8..9a73a8a761 100644
--- a/package/optee-client/optee-client.mk
+++ b/package/optee-client/optee-client.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ OPTEE_CLIENT_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DCFG_TEE_FS_PARENT_PATH=$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT_TEE_FS_PATH) \
 	-DCFG_WERROR=OFF
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT_SUPP_PLUGINS),y)
+OPTEE_CLIENT_CONF_OPTS += -DCFG_TEE_SUPP_PLUGINS=ON
+else
+OPTEE_CLIENT_CONF_OPTS += -DCFG_TEE_SUPP_PLUGINS=OFF
+endif
+
 define OPTEE_CLIENT_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(OPTEE_CLIENT_PKGDIR)/S30optee \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S30optee