diff --git a/recipes-extended/virtiofsd/virtiofsd_1.7.0.bb b/recipes-extended/virtiofsd/virtiofsd_1.7.0.bb
index 72248881..b8a93820 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/virtiofsd/virtiofsd_1.7.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/virtiofsd/virtiofsd_1.7.0.bb
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://LICENSE-APACHE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57 \
     file://LICENSE-BSD-3-Clause;md5=b1ed361f9fc790c1054d81a7ef041a34 \
 "
-DEPENDS += "libseccomp"
-DEPENDS += "libcap-ng"
+
+DEPENDS = "libseccomp libcap-ng"
+
+inherit features_check
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "seccomp"
 
 SRC_URI += "crate://crates.io/virtiofsd/1.7.0"
 SRC_URI[virtiofsd-1.7.0.sha256sum] = "6f043afa23aedbb18f36084b9df831796a9e4c62e73a16fe557de0cf30d7708d"