diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-xserver.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-xserver.bb
index fd6ed42..3c70c53 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-xserver.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-x11-xserver.bb
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ inherit packagegroup
 PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
 XSERVER ?= "xserver-xorg xf86-video-fbdev xf86-input-evdev"
+XSERVERCODECS ?= ""
 
 SUMMARY_${PN} = "X11 display server"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     ${XSERVER} \
+    ${XSERVERCODECS} \
     "
 
 # Allow replacing task-x11-server in meta-oe