diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e5510098c3db..7166ea8d22c4d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ if(WITH_MULTIPROCESS)
 endif()
 
 cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_GUI_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin-qt executable." ON "BUILD_GUI;BUILD_TESTS" OFF)
+if(BUILD_GUI)
+  set(qt_components Core Gui Widgets LinguistTools)
+  if(ENABLE_WALLET)
+    list(APPEND qt_components Network)
+  endif()
+  if(WITH_DBUS)
+    list(APPEND qt_components DBus)
+  endif()
+  if(BUILD_GUI_TESTS)
+    list(APPEND qt_components Test)
+  endif()
+  find_package(Qt5 5.11.3 MODULE REQUIRED
+    COMPONENTS ${qt_components}
+  )
+  unset(qt_components)
+endif()
+
 option(BUILD_BENCH "Build bench_bitcoin executable." OFF)
 option(BUILD_FUZZ_BINARY "Build fuzz binary." OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(ENABLE_FUZZ "Build for fuzzing. Enabling this will disable all other targets and override BUILD_FUZZ_BINARY." OFF "NOT MSVC" OFF)
diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index ccf3dfa30d6fd..279231340a4c5 100644
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,21 +2,6 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-set(qt_components Core Gui Widgets LinguistTools)
-if(ENABLE_WALLET)
-  list(APPEND qt_components Network)
-endif()
-if(WITH_DBUS)
-  list(APPEND qt_components DBus)
-endif()
-if(BUILD_GUI_TESTS)
-  list(APPEND qt_components Test)
-endif()
-find_package(Qt5 5.11.3 MODULE REQUIRED
-  COMPONENTS ${qt_components}
-)
-unset(qt_components)
-
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
   enable_language(OBJCXX)
   set(CMAKE_OBJCXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")