diff --git a/package/kmscube/Config.in b/package/kmscube/Config.in
index b6ad305bfb..7379675609 100644
--- a/package/kmscube/Config.in
+++ b/package/kmscube/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KMSCUBE
 	bool "kmscube"
-	# requires libgbm from mesa3d
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_EGL
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_OPENGL_ES
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGBM_HAS_FEATURE_FORMAT_MODIFIER_PLANE_COUNT
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libdrm
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
 	help
 	  kmscube is an application to test kms/drm drivers.
 
-	  https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/kmscube
+	  https://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/kmscube/
+
+comment "kmscube needs EGL, GBM and OpenGL ES, and a toolchain w/ thread support"
+	depends on \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGBM_HAS_FEATURE_FORMAT_MODIFIER_PLANE_COUNT || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/kmscube/kmscube.mk b/package/kmscube/kmscube.mk
index 7b458376dc..fc9a7f6f99 100644
--- a/package/kmscube/kmscube.mk
+++ b/package/kmscube/kmscube.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ KMSCUBE_VERSION = 4660a7dca6512b6e658759d00cff7d4ad2a2059d
 KMSCUBE_SITE = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/kmscube/-/archive/$(KMSCUBE_VERSION)
 KMSCUBE_LICENSE = MIT
 KMSCUBE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-KMSCUBE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf mesa3d libdrm
+KMSCUBE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libdrm libegl libgbm libgles
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))