diff --git a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
index 07a4fa0456..39f64c4e54 100644
--- a/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
+++ b/package/wpewebkit/Config.in
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ comment "wpewebkit needs a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, dynamic library, gc
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_6 || !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
-comment "wpewebkit needs an OpenGL ES w/ EGL backend"
+comment "wpewebkit needs an OpenGL ES w/ EGL-capable Wayland backend"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES || !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES || !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL \
+		|| !BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL_WAYLAND
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT
 	bool "wpewebkit"
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # icu, libsoup
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES # libepoxy
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # libepoxy
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL_WAYLAND # wpebackend-fdo
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WPEWEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG