diff --git a/package/glslsandbox-player/Config.in b/package/glslsandbox-player/Config.in
index 2b049357a9..132705584e 100644
--- a/package/glslsandbox-player/Config.in
+++ b/package/glslsandbox-player/Config.in
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_NULL
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_KMS
 	bool "KMS/DRM/GBM"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libdrm
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_MALI
diff --git a/package/glslsandbox-player/glslsandbox-player.mk b/package/glslsandbox-player/glslsandbox-player.mk
index 6496cdf23d..f0a9475aa6 100644
--- a/package/glslsandbox-player/glslsandbox-player.mk
+++ b/package/glslsandbox-player/glslsandbox-player.mk
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_NULL),y)
 GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --with-native-gfx=nullws
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_KMS),y)
-# gbm dependency is not needed, as it is normally packaged with
-# libegl/libgles drivers.
-GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm
+GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_DEPENDENCIES += libdrm libgbm
 GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --with-native-gfx=kms
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_MALI),y)
 GLSLSANDBOX_PLAYER_DEPENDENCIES += sunxi-mali-utgard