diff --git a/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-session/actions.py b/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-session/actions.py
index 88ebaf24e8..007839b0cd 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-session/actions.py
+++ b/desktop/gnome/base/gnome-session/actions.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def setup():
     # shelltools.system("""sed -i "/  systemd_dep/,+3d;/if enable_systemd/a \    systemd_userunitdir = '/tmp\'" meson.build""")
 
     mesontools.configure("--buildtype=release \
+                          -Dx11=true \
                           -Dsystemduserunitdir=/tmp")
 
 def build():