diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/packagegroups/qterminal-world.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/packagegroups/qterminal-world.bb
index 6bab15b7..a1c3de67 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/packagegroups/qterminal-world.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/packagegroups/qterminal-world.bb
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ inherit packagegroup
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = " \
     qtermwidget \
-    qterminal \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("DISTRO_FEATURES", "x11", "qterminal", "",d)} \
 "
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/qterminal/qterminal_git.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/qterminal/qterminal_git.bb
index 46dea0fb..62e921ba 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/qterminal/qterminal_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-qterminal/qterminal/qterminal_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ SUMMARY = "Lightweight terminal emulator written in Qt"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
-inherit cmake_qt5 cmake-extra-sanity
+inherit cmake_qt5 cmake-extra-sanity distro_features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 DEPENDS = "qtbase qttools-native qtermwidget"