diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 26a963eb13..f7714016bc 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -636,11 +636,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_HLS
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_X265
 	bool "x265"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_X265
 	help
 	  x265 encoding plugin
 
-comment "x265 needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+comment "x265 needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 
 endif
diff --git a/package/x265/Config.in b/package/x265/Config.in
index 15ae9339fb..f268e65841 100644
--- a/package/x265/Config.in
+++ b/package/x265/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_X265
 	bool "x265"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlfcn
 	help
 	  x265 is an open source free software and library for encoding video
 	  using the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) standard. x265 is
@@ -20,5 +21,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_X265_CLI
 
 endif
 
-comment "x265 needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+comment "x265 needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, dynamic library"
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS