diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_43.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_43.0.bb
index 620e76e9a..72ab2eaaf 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_43.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/gnome-photos/gnome-photos_43.0.bb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ inherit gnomebase gettext gnome-help features_check
 def gnome_verdir(v):
     return oe.utils.trim_version(v, 1)
 
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11 opengl"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ?= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG[doc] = "-Dmanuals=true,-Dmanuals=false,libxslt-native docbook-xsl-stylesheets-native"