diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_6.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_6.2.0.bb
index 062ed32b015..c7eef0a9d5e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_6.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu_6.2.0.bb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 zlib pixman bison-native ninja-native meson-native"
 
 DEPENDS:append:libc-musl = " libucontext"
 
+CFLAGS += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', '', '-DEGL_NO_X11=1', d)}"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN}:class-target += "bash"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " --target-list=${@get_qemu_target_list(d)}"