diff --git a/package/gdb/gdb.mk b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
index 0981b6ef53..cfe79e2c52 100644
--- a/package/gdb/gdb.mk
+++ b/package/gdb/gdb.mk
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 GDB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-build-with-cxx
 endif
 
+# inprocess-agent can't be built statically
+ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
+GDB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-inprocess-agent
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_TUI),y)
 GDB_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tui
 else