diff --git a/package/libgtk3/Config.in b/package/libgtk3/Config.in
index 52ee50db49..f7618832f1 100644
--- a/package/libgtk3/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgtk3/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-comment "libgtk3 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.9"
+comment "libgtk3 needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, gcc >= 4.9, dynamic library"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_RUSTC_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
+		BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 comment "libgtk3 needs an OpenGL or an OpenGL-EGL backend"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # pango -> harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || \
 		BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # at-spi2-core
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_AT_SPI2_CORE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG