diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
index 264069ffd1..22edd386fc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gcr/gcr_4.0.0.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ GTKDOC_MESON_OPTION = "gtk_doc"
 inherit gnomebase gtk-icon-cache gi-docgen features_check upstream-version-is-even vala gobject-introspection gettext mime mime-xdg
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "gcr-(?P<pver>\d+\.(\d*[02468])+(\.\d+)+)\.tar.xz"
 
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'opengl', '', d)}"
+
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-meson.build-correctly-handle-disabled-ssh_agent-opti.patch"
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "c45855924f0ee7bab43e2dd38bfafd2ac815c6e9864341c0161e171173dcec7c"