diff --git a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/conf/machine/{{=machine}}.conf b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/conf/machine/{{=machine}}.conf
index d66d28f7ad..782ac217d9 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/conf/machine/{{=machine}}.conf
+++ b/scripts/lib/bsp/substrate/target/arch/qemu/conf/machine/{{=machine}}.conf
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ MACHINE_FEATURES += "x86"
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "bzImage"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyS0"
 XSERVER = "xserver-xorg \
-           mesa-driver-swrast \
+           ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'opengl', 'mesa-driver-swrast', '', d)} \
            xf86-input-vmmouse \
            xf86-input-keyboard \
            xf86-input-evdev \