diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_9.1.6.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_9.1.6.bb
index 6e9cd826f0..388cfd785c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_9.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_9.1.6.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/Mesa-${PV}"
 #make eglplatform.h independent of MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADER
 do_install_append() {
     if ${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'egl', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
-        sed -i -e 's/^#ifdef MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS/#if ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', '0', '1', d)}/' ${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h
+        if [ -e "${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h" ]; then
+            sed -i -e 's/^#ifdef MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS/#if ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', '0', '1', d)}/' ${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h
+        fi
     fi
 }
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diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_git.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_git.bb
index 1babcc05a9..714911f81f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/mesa/mesa_git.bb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 #make eglplatform.h independent of MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADER
 do_install_append() {
     if ${@base_contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'egl', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
-        sed -i -e 's/^#ifdef MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS/#if ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', '0', '1', d)}/' ${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h
+        if [ -e "${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h" ]; then
+            sed -i -e 's/^#ifdef MESA_EGL_NO_X11_HEADERS/#if ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', '0', '1', d)}/' ${D}${includedir}/EGL/eglplatform.h
+        fi
     fi
 }