diff --git a/package/wireshark/Config.in b/package/wireshark/Config.in
index 959fb5b4f7..b5a874b640 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/Config.in
+++ b/package/wireshark/Config.in
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 	bool "wireshark"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS if BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork(), glib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # glib2
@@ -12,6 +10,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK
 
 	  https://www.wireshark.org
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK_QT
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5TOOLS_LINGUIST_TOOLS
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK_GUI
+	bool
+	default y if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
+	default y if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
+	default y if BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK_QT
+
 comment "wireshark needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index 593b19645e..227ead6a92 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-gtk=no
 endif
 
 # Qt4 needs accessibility, we don't support it
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK_QT),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-qt=5
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += qt5base qt5tools
 WIRESHARK_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_path_QTCHOOSER=""
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-qt=no
 endif
 
 # No GUI at all
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3)$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS),)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WIRESHARK_GUI),)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wireshark
 endif