diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
index a1062097ed..d6a1542ad3 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_VAAPI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BASE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD # gstreamer-codecparsers
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11 if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXRANDR if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	help
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/gst1-vaapi.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/gst1-vaapi.mk
index 4b04d1bb72..d934bab233 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/gst1-vaapi.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-vaapi/gst1-vaapi.mk
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND),y)
 GST1_VAAPI_CONF_OPTS += -Dwayland=enabled
+GST1_VAAPI_DEPENDENCIES += wayland wayland-protocols
 else
 GST1_VAAPI_CONF_OPTS += -Dwayland=disabled
 endif