diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server.bb
index 8b6a7b2a02..103bad1b68 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require ${BPN}.inc
 
 DEPENDS = " \
     ${BPN}-native gperf-native \
-    glib-2.0 gtk4 libxml2 icu \
+    glib-2.0 json-glib gtk4 libxml2 icu \
     dbus db virtual/libiconv zlib libsoup-3.0 libical nss libsecret \
 "
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE = " \
     -DLIB_SUFFIX=${@d.getVar('baselib').replace('lib', '')} \
     -DENABLE_GTK=OFF \
     -DENABLE_GTK4=ON \
+    -DENABLE_INSTALLED_TESTS=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_MAINTAINER_MODE=OFF \
 "
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE:append:class-target = " -DG_IR_COMPILER=${STAGING_BINDIR}/g-ir-compiler-wrapper"