diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ccf73d19..d85cfaf00 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,29 +13,31 @@ if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.7.0")
     set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 endif()
 
-if(APPLE AND EXISTS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
-    # Homebrew installs Qt5 (up to at least 5.11.0) in
-    # /usr/local/qt5. Ensure that it can be found by CMake
-    # since it is not in the default /usr/local prefix.
-    # Add it to PATHS so that it doesn't override the
-    # CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable.
-    # QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS should be passed to find_package,
-    # e.g. find_package(Qt5Core ${QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS})
-    list(APPEND QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS PATHS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
-endif()
-set(QT_PACKAGELIST
-    Qt5Core
-    Qt5Widgets
-    Qt5Gui
-)
-set(Qt5_FOUND ON)
-foreach(_qt_package IN LISTS QT_PACKAGELIST)
-    find_package(${_qt_package} QUIET ${QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS})
-    set(Qt5_LIBRARIES ${${_qt_package}_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5_LIBRARIES})
-    if(NOT ${_qt_package}_FOUND)
-        set(Qt5_FOUND OFF)
-    endif(NOT ${_qt_package}_FOUND)
-endforeach()
+if (NOT SKIPQT EQUAL 1)
+    if(APPLE AND EXISTS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
+        # Homebrew installs Qt5 (up to at least 5.11.0) in
+        # /usr/local/qt5. Ensure that it can be found by CMake
+        # since it is not in the default /usr/local prefix.
+        # Add it to PATHS so that it doesn't override the
+        # CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH environment variable.
+        # QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS should be passed to find_package,
+        # e.g. find_package(Qt5Core ${QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS})
+        list(APPEND QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS PATHS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
+    endif(APPLE AND EXISTS /usr/local/opt/qt5)
+    set(QT_PACKAGELIST
+        Qt5Core
+        Qt5Widgets
+        Qt5Gui
+    )
+    set(Qt5_FOUND ON)
+    foreach(_qt_package IN LISTS QT_PACKAGELIST)
+        find_package(${_qt_package} QUIET ${QT_FIND_PACKAGE_OPTIONS})
+        set(Qt5_LIBRARIES ${${_qt_package}_LIBRARIES} ${Qt5_LIBRARIES})
+        if(NOT ${_qt_package}_FOUND)
+            set(Qt5_FOUND OFF)
+        endif(NOT ${_qt_package}_FOUND)
+    endforeach()
+endif (NOT SKIPQT EQUAL 1)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 if (NOT SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
@@ -203,8 +205,7 @@ if (APPLE)
     set(ADDITIONAL_LNK "-framework Foundation" "-framework AppKit")
 endif (APPLE)
 
-if (Qt5_FOUND)
-    message("Qt5 library found, building gui :)")
+if ((NOT SKIPQT EQUAL 1) AND (Qt5_FOUND))
     set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
     set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
     set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
@@ -215,12 +216,11 @@ if (Qt5_FOUND)
 
     add_definitions("-DHAVE_GUI")
     set(ADDITIONAL_LNK ${Qt5_LIBRARIES} ${ADDITIONAL_LNK})
-else (Qt5_FOUND)
-    message("Qt5 library not found, not building gui")
+else ((NOT SKIPQT EQUAL 1) AND (Qt5_FOUND))
     set(TARGET_SOURCES
             ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/guidummy.cpp
             ${TARGET_SOURCES})
-endif (Qt5_FOUND)
+endif ((NOT SKIPQT EQUAL 1) AND (Qt5_FOUND))
 
 if (NOT SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
     if (BLUEZ_FOUND)
@@ -243,7 +243,17 @@ elseif (PYTHON3_FOUND)
     set(ADDITIONAL_LNKDIRS ${PYTHON3_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${ADDITIONAL_LNKDIRS})   
 endif (PYTHON3EMBED_FOUND)
 
-message(" ===================================================================)")
+message("===================================================================")
+if (SKIPQT EQUAL 1)
+    message("GUI support:       skipped")
+else (SKIPQT EQUAL 1)
+    if (Qt5_FOUND)
+        message("GUI support:       QT5 found, enabled")
+    else (Qt5_FOUND)
+        message("GUI support:       QT5 not found, disabled")
+    endif (Qt5_FOUND)
+endif (SKIPQT EQUAL 1)
+
 if (SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
     message("native BT support: skipped")
 else (SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
@@ -253,7 +263,7 @@ else (SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
         message("native BT support: Bluez not found, disabled")
     endif (BLUEZ_FOUND)
 endif(SKIPBT EQUAL 1)
-message(" ===================================================================)")
+message("===================================================================")
 
 add_executable(proxmark3
         ${PM3_ROOT}/client/src/proxmark3.c