diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Kconfig b/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
index 84015ef3ee27..73d0b12789f1 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Kconfig
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ menuconfig BPFILTER
 if BPFILTER
 config BPFILTER_UMH
 	tristate "bpfilter kernel module with user mode helper"
-	depends on CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
+	depends on CC_CAN_LINK
+	depends on m || CC_CAN_LINK_STATIC
 	default m
 	help
 	  This builds bpfilter kernel module with embedded user mode helper
 
-	  Note: your toolchain must support building static binaries, since
-	  rootfs isn't mounted at the time when __init functions are called
-	  and do_execv won't be able to find the elf interpreter.
+	  Note: To compile this as built-in, your toolchain must support
+	  building static binaries, since rootfs isn't mounted at the time
+	  when __init functions are called and do_execv won't be able to find
+	  the elf interpreter.
 endif
diff --git a/net/bpfilter/Makefile b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
index f23b53294fba..cdac82b8c53a 100644
--- a/net/bpfilter/Makefile
+++ b/net/bpfilter/Makefile
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ userprogs := bpfilter_umh
 bpfilter_umh-objs := main.o
 userccflags += -I $(srctree)/tools/include/ -I $(srctree)/tools/include/uapi
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BPFILTER_UMH), y)
 # builtin bpfilter_umh should be linked with -static
 # since rootfs isn't mounted at the time of __init
 # function is called and do_execv won't find elf interpreter
 userldflags += -static
+endif
 
 $(obj)/bpfilter_umh_blob.o: $(obj)/bpfilter_umh