diff --git a/package/sway/Config.in b/package/sway/Config.in
index d78f792c48..8bf7b70296 100644
--- a/package/sway/Config.in
+++ b/package/sway/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # pango, wlroots
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL # wlroots
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES # wlroots
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM # wlroots
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV # wlroots
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # json-c, pango
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # pango
@@ -53,11 +54,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY_SWAYNAG
 
 endif # BR2_PACKAGE_SWAY
 
-comment "sway needs systemd, udev, EGL and OpenGL ES support"
+comment "sway needs systemd, udev, EGL, OpenGL ES and GBM support"
 	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV || \
 		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBEGL || \
-		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM
 
 comment "sway needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads, C++, dynamic library, gcc >= 4.9"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU