diff --git a/recipes-hawaii/hawaii-shell/hawaii-shell_git.bb b/recipes-hawaii/hawaii-shell/hawaii-shell_git.bb
index 793268ab..c936665c 100644
--- a/recipes-hawaii/hawaii-shell/hawaii-shell_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-hawaii/hawaii-shell/hawaii-shell_git.bb
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
 	file://LICENSE.LGPL;md5=4fbd65380cdd255951079008b364516c \
 "
 
-inherit hawaii pythonnative cmake-lib
+inherit hawaii pythonnative cmake-lib distro_features_check
 #inherit systemd
 
+# weston fails for missing wayland-egl
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland"
+
 SRC_URI += " \
     file://0001-find-host-s-git.patch \
 "