diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-networking.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-networking.bb
index 3e3297c262..a539dfeb6c 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-networking.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-networking.bb
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-networking-support = "\
     yp-tools \
     mtr \
     ntp ntpdate sntp ntpdc ntpq ntp-tickadj ntp-utils \
-    ntpsec \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "x11", "ntpsec", "", d)} \
     nbd-client \
     nbd-server \
     nbd-trdump \
diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntpsec/ntpsec_1.2.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntpsec/ntpsec_1.2.1.bb
index 167af04ca4..d07cac4265 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntpsec/ntpsec_1.2.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ntpsec/ntpsec_1.2.1.bb
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ SRC_URI = "https://ftp.ntpsec.org/pub/releases/ntpsec-${PV}.tar.gz \
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f2684835116c80b8f21782a5959a805ba3c44e3a681dd6c17c7cb00cc242c27a"
 
-inherit pkgconfig python3-dir python3targetconfig systemd update-alternatives update-rc.d useradd waf
+inherit pkgconfig python3-dir python3targetconfig systemd update-alternatives update-rc.d useradd waf features_check
+
+# RDEPENDS on gnuplot with this restriction
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG = "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'seccomp systemd', d)} \
                  cap \