diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-ttf_2.24.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-ttf_2.24.0.bb
index d06f41bd0e..a3fb13c45d 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-ttf_2.24.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-graphics/libsdl/libsdl2-ttf_2.24.0.bb
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=fbb0010b2f7cf6e8a13bcac1ef4d2455"
 SRC_URI = "http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-${PV}.tar.gz"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "0b2bf1e7b6568adbdbc9bb924643f79d9dedafe061fa1ed687d1d9ac4e453bfd"
 
-inherit cmake pkgconfig
+inherit cmake pkgconfig features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl"
 
 S = "${UNPACKDIR}/SDL2_ttf-${PV}"