diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
index bd7b495..4e782e2 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/giflib/giflib_4.1.6.bb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/giflib/${BP}.tar.bz2"
 
 inherit autotools
 
-DEPENDS = "libsm"
+DEPENDS = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libsm', '', d)}"
 
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-utils"
 FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/libgif.so.*"