diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
index 394b2d8745..973fb2f11c 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/Config.in
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_PNG
 	  This option enables PNG support using the system libpng
 	  library.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_WIDGETS
+	bool "widgets module"
+	help
+	  This option enables the Qt6Widgets library.
+
 endif
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_NETWORK
diff --git a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
index b368cd6dca..2a0afa6d27 100644
--- a/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
+++ b/package/qt6/qt6base/qt6base.mk
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ else
 QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_fontconfig=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT6BASE_WIDGETS),y)
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_widgets=ON
+else
+QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_widgets=OFF
+endif
+
 else
 QT6BASE_CONF_OPTS += -DFEATURE_gui=OFF
 endif