diff --git a/package/ndctl/Config.in b/package/ndctl/Config.in
index 708871d693..79bae61ebb 100644
--- a/package/ndctl/Config.in
+++ b/package/ndctl/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NDCTL
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # json-c
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # kmod, keyutils
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_INIPARSER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEYUTILS
@@ -19,9 +20,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NDCTL
 
 	  https://github.com/pmem/ndctl
 
-comment "ndctl needs udev /dev management, a toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 5.10"
+comment "ndctl needs udev /dev management, a toolchain w/ threads, headers >= 5.10, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS \
-		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_10
+		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_10 \
+		|| BR2_STATIC_LIBS