diff --git a/package/wlroots/Config.in b/package/wlroots/Config.in
index 02bd54c999..6d2992cf2c 100644
--- a/package/wlroots/Config.in
+++ b/package/wlroots/Config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-comment "wlroots needs udev, EGL and OpenGL ES support"
+comment "wlroots needs udev, EGL, OpenGL ES and GBM support"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES || \
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WLROOTS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV # libinput
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HWDATA_PNP_IDS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDISPLAY_INFO
diff --git a/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk b/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
index 689662f536..babadea94f 100644
--- a/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
+++ b/package/wlroots/wlroots.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ WLROOTS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	libxkbcommon \
 	libegl \
 	libgles \
+	libgbm \
 	pixman \
 	seatd \
 	udev \