diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 9461bc4c1..0792479f0 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_libsoc = "git"
 # recipe in case there are NXP-specific changes in it
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_opencl-headers ?= "imx-gpu-viv"
 
+# Use the FDO backend for WPE WebKit
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/wpebackend = "wpebackend-fdo"
+
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDKMACHINE}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}-${MACHINE}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}/${MACHINE}"
 
diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_2.28.1.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_2.28.1.bbappend
index ff5d2b62b..8e769e292 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_2.28.1.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/dynamic-layers/webkit/recipes-browser/wpewebkit/wpewebkit_2.28.1.bbappend
@@ -3,3 +3,9 @@
 FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/${BPN}:"
 
 SRC_URI_append_ccimx8x = " file://0001-Use-imxvideoconvert_g2d-plugin-in-gstreamer-pipeline.patch"
+
+# We can't build the WebKit with fb images, so force wayland as a required
+# distro feature.
+inherit distro_features_check
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland"