diff --git a/remoting/meson.build b/remoting/meson.build
index 730febb93..8b96f1225 100644
--- a/remoting/meson.build
+++ b/remoting/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 if get_option('remoting')
 	user_hint = 'If you rather not build this, set \'-Dremoting=false\'.'
 
-	if not get_option('backend-drm')
-		error('Attempting to build the remoting plugin without the required DRM backend. ' + user_hint)
+	if not get_option('backend-drm') or not get_option('renderer-gl')
+		error('Attempting to build the remoting plugin without the required DRM backend and GL renderer. ' + user_hint)
 	endif
 
 	depnames = [