diff --git a/srcpkgs/mesa/template b/srcpkgs/mesa/template
index 1a0de99bd99..d8ba564ea8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mesa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mesa/template
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Dglvnd=true -Dshared-glapi=enabled -Dgbm=enabled -Degl=enabled
  -Dosmesa=true -Dgles1=enabled -Dgles2=enabled -Dglx=dri -Ddri3=enabled
- -Dlmsensors=enabled -Dplatforms=x11,wayland
+ -Dlmsensors=enabled -Dplatforms=x11$(vopt_if wayland ,wayland)
  -Dllvm=enabled -Db_lto=false -Dcpp_std=gnu++14"
 hostmakedepends="gettext flex llvm pkg-config python3-Mako glslang
- wayland-protocols wayland-devel"
+ $(vopt_if wayland 'wayland-protocols wayland-devel')"
 makedepends="elfutils-devel expat-devel libXdamage-devel libXvMC-devel
  libXxf86vm-devel libatomic-devel libdrm-devel libffi-devel libva-devel
  libvdpau-devel libxshmfence-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
- wayland-devel wayland-protocols llvm libsensors-devel
+ $(vopt_if wayland 'wayland-devel wayland-protocols') llvm libsensors-devel
  libXrandr-devel libglvnd-devel libzstd-devel libxml2-devel lua53-devel
  libarchive-devel"
 depends="libglvnd"
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ changelog="https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/${version}.html"
 distfiles="https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=b98f32ba7aa2a1ff5725fb36eb999c693079f0ca16f70aa2f103e2b6c3f093e3
 
+build_options="wayland"
+build_options_default="wayland"
+
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" -Duse-elf-tls=false"
 fi