diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libspelling/libspelling_0.4.2.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libspelling/libspelling_0.4.2.bb
index 833fe65c37..11ac086565 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libspelling/libspelling_0.4.2.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/libspelling/libspelling_0.4.2.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c"
 
 DEPENDS = "enchant2 gtk4 gtksourceview5 icu"
 
-inherit gnomebase pkgconfig gettext gi-docgen vala gobject-introspection
+inherit gnomebase pkgconfig gettext gi-docgen vala gobject-introspection features_check
+
+# reason: gtk4 requires opengl distro feature
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl"
 
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = ''
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = 'docs'