diff --git a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/cheese/cheese_44.1.bb b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/cheese/cheese_44.1.bb
index 180f3f6319..8e78162991 100644
--- a/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/cheese/cheese_44.1.bb
+++ b/meta-gnome/recipes-gnome/cheese/cheese_44.1.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a17cb0a873d252440acfdf9b3d0e7fbf"
 
 inherit gnomebase gobject-introspection vala itstool gtk-icon-cache gsettings gnome-help gtk-doc
 
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "opengl"
+
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-libcheese-Add-GtkWidget-cast-to-avoid-an-incompatibl.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[archive.sha256sum] = "5f2185c4c99e54ddf2b8baf60c82819950e54952e132e8639875f3edcbf8f68e"