diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-kivy_2.3.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-kivy_2.3.1.bb
index 69cf86530a..dd60ea43d5 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-kivy_2.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-kivy_2.3.1.bb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 wayland"
 DEPENDS += " \
     gstreamer1.0 \
     gstreamer1.0-python \
-    libsdl2 \
+    virtual/libsdl2 \
     libsdl2-ttf \
     libsdl2-image \
     libsdl2-mixer \