diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11.inc
index 2aa9700f2c..9f7e990ef7 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11.inc
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
 		cd ../../
 	) || exit 1
 }
+
+python () {
+       if not oe.utils.contains ('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', True, False, d):
+       	  raise bb.parse.SkipPackage("X11 not enabled for this DISTRO")
+}