diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_43.0.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_43.0.bb
index 03738c5543..08899fd4a1 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_43.0.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-connectivity/geary/geary_43.0.bb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 SRCREV = "94d6bec861daffb27efea85a296f347db7a5af6d"
 
 ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${GTK3DISTROFEATURES}"
-REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data"
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "gobject-introspection-data opengl"
 
 GIR_MESON_OPTION = ""
 EXTRA_OEMESON = "-Dprofile=release"