diff --git a/package/optee-benchmark/Config.in b/package/optee-benchmark/Config.in
index 5fd365a9e3..0257392d3a 100644
--- a/package/optee-benchmark/Config.in
+++ b/package/optee-benchmark/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_BENCHMARK
 	bool "optee-benchmark"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # optee-client
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # optee-client
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML
 	help
@@ -12,6 +13,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_BENCHMARK
 
 	  http://github.com/linaro-swg/optee_benchmark
 
-comment "optee-benchmark needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "optee-benchmark needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/optee-client/Config.in b/package/optee-client/Config.in
index 1ef0a1401e..d2fda18df8 100644
--- a/package/optee-client/Config.in
+++ b/package/optee-client/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT
 	bool "optee-client"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	help
 	  Enable the OP-TEE client package that brings non-secure
 	  client application resources for OP-TEE support. OP-TEE
@@ -25,5 +26,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT_TEE_FS_PATH
 
 endif
 
-comment "optee-client needs a toolchain w/ threads"
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "optee-client needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/optee-examples/Config.in b/package/optee-examples/Config.in
index c0fecfdf50..859cd6632e 100644
--- a/package/optee-examples/Config.in
+++ b/package/optee-examples/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_EXAMPLES
 	bool "optee-examples"
 	depends on BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # optee-client
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # optee-client
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT
 	select BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_SDK
 	help
@@ -18,6 +19,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_EXAMPLES
 
 	  https://github.com/linaro-swg/optee_examples
 
-comment "optee-examples needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+comment "optee-examples needs a toolchain w/ threads, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/optee-test/Config.in b/package/optee-test/Config.in
index 357a6b0c57..5d23885f45 100644
--- a/package/optee-test/Config.in
+++ b/package/optee-test/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_TEST
 	depends on BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # optee-client
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # optee-client
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_CLIENT
 	select BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS_SDK
 	help
@@ -25,4 +26,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPTEE_TEST
 
 comment "optee-test needs a toolchain w/ threads and C++"
 	depends on BR2_TARGET_OPTEE_OS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS