diff --git a/package/wireshark/Config.in b/package/wireshark/Config.in
index 4982c1f8d5..959fb5b4f7 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/Config.in
+++ b/package/wireshark/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ 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
diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index b1ef3f55c4..f7cc8f8424 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endif
 # Qt4 needs accessibility, we don't support it
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-qt=5
-WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += qt5base
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += qt5base qt5tools
 WIRESHARK_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_path_QTCHOOSER=""
 # Seems it expects wrappers and passes a -qt=X parameter for version
 WIRESHARK_MAKE_OPTS += \