diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl3/libsdl2-compat_2.32.52.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl3/libsdl2-compat_2.32.52.bb
index 5052c85b3d..de47f174b1 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl3/libsdl2-compat_2.32.52.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl3/libsdl2-compat_2.32.52.bb
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/sdl2-compat-${PV}"
 
 DEPENDS += "libsdl3"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig upstream-version-is-even
+inherit cmake pkgconfig upstream-version-is-even features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl x11"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/licenses"