diff --git a/package/nvme/Config.in b/package/nvme/Config.in
index 16b8726144..a27ddf50a9 100644
--- a/package/nvme/Config.in
+++ b/package/nvme/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_NVME
 	bool "nvme"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn.h
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libnvme
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNVME
 	help
@@ -7,3 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NVME
 	  Express (optimized PCI Express SSD interface) devices.
 
 	  https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli
+
+comment "nvme needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
diff --git a/package/petitboot/Config.in b/package/petitboot/Config.in
index 50d5a4da70..76cbbe9c6d 100644
--- a/package/petitboot/Config.in
+++ b/package/petitboot/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_ARCH_SUPPORTS || BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # lvm2, agetty
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # elfutils, kexec-lite
-	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # elfutils, kexec-lite, lvm2
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # elfutils, kexec-lite, lvm2, nvme
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # elfutils, kexec-lite, lvm2
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17 || !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_ARCH_SUPPORTS # kexec