diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evince/evince_42.3.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evince/evince_42.3.bb
index 0c97f75e90..5f35d5b33b 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evince/evince_42.3.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/evince/evince_42.3.bb
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ DEPENDS = " \
 
 GNOMEBASEBUILDCLASS = "meson"
 
-inherit gnomebase itstool gnome-help pkgconfig gsettings gobject-introspection gettext mime-xdg gtk-doc
+inherit gnomebase itstool gnome-help pkgconfig gsettings gobject-introspection gettext mime-xdg gtk-doc features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'opengl', '', d)}"
 
 def gnome_verdir(v):
     return oe.utils.trim_version(v, 1)