diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index f771740128..c8b400a366 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "fdt sdl alsa"
 PACKAGECONFIG_class-native ??= "fdt alsa"
 PACKAGECONFIG_class-nativesdk ??= "fdt sdl"
 NATIVEDEPS = ""
-NATIVEDEPS_class-native = "libxext-native"
+NATIVEDEPS_class-native = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libxext-native', '',d)}"
 PACKAGECONFIG[sdl] = "--enable-sdl,--disable-sdl,libsdl ${NATIVEDEPS},"
 PACKAGECONFIG[virtfs] = "--enable-virtfs --enable-attr,--disable-virtfs,libcap attr,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[aio] = "--enable-linux-aio,--disable-linux-aio,libaio,"