diff --git a/gui-wm/dwl/dwl-0.3.1.ebuild b/gui-wm/dwl/dwl-0.3.1.ebuild
index 1c27fa2082..8438f673a7 100644
--- a/gui-wm/dwl/dwl-0.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-wm/dwl/dwl-0.3.1.ebuild
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libinput
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	gui-libs/wlroots:0/15[X(-)?]
-	x11-libs/libxcb
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
+	X? ( x11-libs/libxcb )
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="