diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-demos_%.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-demos_%.bbappend
index a11dfbd09..a86a22fef 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-demos_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-graphics/vulkan/vulkan-demos_%.bbappend
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 
 DEPENDS_remove = "vulkan"
 DEPENDS_append = " vulkan-headers vulkan-loader"
+
+# The vulkan-validationlayers package is necessary for the demos to work
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "vulkan-validationlayers"