diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libforms/libforms_1.2.3.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libforms/libforms_1.2.3.bb
index 8a214d1c8b..f86d7c16bf 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libforms/libforms_1.2.3.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libforms/libforms_1.2.3.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ SRC_URI = "http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/xforms/xforms-${PV}.tar.
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "235720a758a8b8d9e6e452dc67190e9b"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7989b39598c769820ad451ad91e5cb0de29946940c8240aac94ca8238c2def61"
 
-inherit autotools
+inherit autotools distro_features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/xforms-${PV}"