diff --git a/package/Config.in.host b/package/Config.in.host
index 9cdca62633..66f3a6fa9d 100644
--- a/package/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/Config.in.host
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
 	source "package/python3/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/qemu/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/qoriq-rcw/Config.in.host"
+	source "package/qt6/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/raspberrypi-usbboot/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/rauc/Config.in.host"
 	source "package/riscv-isa-sim/Config.in.host"
diff --git a/package/qt6/Config.in.host b/package/qt6/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfe7865c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if BR2_PACKAGE_QT6
+
+source "package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host"
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..326c06278e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in.host
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Select this if you need host qt6 tools that require the Qt::Gui module (e.g.
+# Qt Shader Baker(qsb)).
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_GUI
+	bool
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index 211808d2af..57f88e7779 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ HOST_QT6BASE_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pcre2 \
 	host-zlib
 HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-DFEATURE_gui=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_concurrent=OFF \
 	-DFEATURE_xml=ON \
 	-DFEATURE_sql=OFF \
@@ -98,6 +97,32 @@ HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DFEATURE_system_pcre2=ON \
 	-DFEATURE_system_zlib=ON
 
+# We need host-qt6base with Gui support when building host-qt6shadertools,
+# otherwise the build is skipped and no qsb host tool is generated.
+# qt6shadertools fail to build if qsb is not available.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QT6BASE_GUI),y)
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DFEATURE_gui=ON \
+	-DFEATURE_freetype=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_vulkan=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_linuxfb=ON \
+	-DFEATURE_xcb=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_opengl=OFF -DINPUT_opengl=no \
+	-DFEATURE_harfbuzz=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_png=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_gif=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_jpeg=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_printsupport=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_kms=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_fontconfig=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_widgets=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_libinput=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_tslib=OFF \
+	-DFEATURE_eglfs=OFF
+else
+HOST_QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_gui=OFF
+endif
+
 # Conditional blocks below are ordered by alphabetic ordering of the
 # BR2_PACKAGE_* option.