diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
index 46cf946a543d..63a3eee22172 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/SubstrateOptions.java
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ public class SubstrateOptions {
         if (!Platform.includedIn(Platform.LINUX.class)) {
             throw UserError.invalidOptionValue(key, key.getValue(), "Building static executable images is currently only supported on Linux. Remove the '--static' option or build on a Linux machine");
         }
+        if (!LibCBase.targetLibCIs(MuslLibC.class)) {
+            throw UserError.invalidOptionValue(key, key.getValue(),
+                            "Building static executable images is only supported with musl libc. Remove the '--static' option or add the '--libc=musl' option.");
+        }
     });
 
     @APIOption(name = "libc")//
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/ValidateImageBuildOptionsFeature.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/ValidateImageBuildOptionsFeature.java
index b7fea207a8ce..c20c7d1b8041 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/ValidateImageBuildOptionsFeature.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/option/ValidateImageBuildOptionsFeature.java
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@
 package com.oracle.svm.core.option;
 
 import org.graalvm.collections.UnmodifiableMapCursor;
-import jdk.graal.compiler.options.OptionKey;
 
-import com.oracle.svm.core.feature.InternalFeature;
 import com.oracle.svm.core.feature.AutomaticallyRegisteredFeature;
+import com.oracle.svm.core.feature.InternalFeature;
+
+import jdk.graal.compiler.options.OptionKey;
 
 @AutomaticallyRegisteredFeature
 public class ValidateImageBuildOptionsFeature implements InternalFeature {
     @Override
-    public void afterRegistration(AfterRegistrationAccess access) {
+    public void beforeAnalysis(BeforeAnalysisAccess access) {
         UnmodifiableMapCursor<OptionKey<?>, Object> cursor = RuntimeOptionValues.singleton().getMap().getEntries();
         while (cursor.advance()) {
             validate(cursor.getKey());