diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/required-distro-features.inc b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/required-distro-features.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb4a0e8ebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/required-distro-features.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# distro features required by weston recipes
+
+inherit features_check
+
+# requires pam enabled if started via systemd
+#
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland opengl ${@oe.utils.conditional('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager', 'systemd', 'pam', '', d)}"
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb
index 89fa1ac738..497d860203 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston-init.bb
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ do_install() {
 
 INHIBIT_UPDATERCD_BBCLASS = "${@oe.utils.conditional('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager', 'systemd', '1', '', d)}"
 
-inherit update-rc.d features_check systemd useradd
+inherit update-rc.d systemd useradd
 
 USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
 
 # rdepends on weston which depends on virtual/egl
-# requires pam enabled if started via systemd
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl ${@oe.utils.conditional('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager', 'systemd', 'pam', '', d)}"
+#
+require ${THISDIR}/required-distro-features.inc
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "weston kbd"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston_10.0.0.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston_10.0.0.bb
index bebe95f69d..8424b4d548 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston_10.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/weston_10.0.0.bb
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5c23964112b90238bed39e5dd1e41cd71a79398813cdc3bbb15a9fdc94
 
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://wayland.freedesktop.org/releases.html"
 
-inherit meson pkgconfig useradd features_check
+inherit meson pkgconfig useradd
+
 # depends on virtual/egl
-# weston-init requires pam enabled if started via systemd
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland opengl ${@oe.utils.conditional('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager', 'systemd', 'pam', '', d)}"
+#
+require ${THISDIR}/required-distro-features.inc
 
 DEPENDS = "libxkbcommon gdk-pixbuf pixman cairo glib-2.0"
 DEPENDS += "wayland wayland-protocols libinput virtual/egl pango wayland-native"