diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.3.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.3.bb
index 3d3e65f..7feafea 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.3.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/gnome/gconf_3.2.3.bb
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ do_install_append() {
 	rm ${D}${libdir}/gio/*/*.*a
 }
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "dbus-x11"
+# disable dbus-x11 without x11 feature in DISTRO_FEATURES
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'dbus-x11', '', d)}"
+
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/GConf/* \
 	        ${libdir}/gio/*/*.so \
 		${datadir}/polkit* \