diff --git a/dev-qt/qtgui/metadata.xml b/dev-qt/qtgui/metadata.xml
index bb8d780f9c2d4..74256c169f9b6 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtgui/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-qt/qtgui/metadata.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		<flag name="libinput">Enable support for input devices via <pkg>dev-libs/libinput</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="tslib">Enable support for touchscreen devices via <pkg>x11-libs/tslib</pkg></flag>
 		<flag name="tuio">Build plugin to receive touch events over the TUIO protocol</flag>
+		<flag name="wayland">Provide <pkg>dev-qt/qtwayland</pkg> to ensure Qt applications can be run as Wayland clients</flag>
 		<flag name="xcb">Build the XCB platform plugin and enable X11 integration</flag>
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
diff --git a/dev-qt/qtgui/qtgui-5.12.4.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtgui/qtgui-5.12.4.ebuild
index 31b4a4ca658f8..81db316f4805e 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtgui/qtgui-5.12.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtgui/qtgui-5.12.4.ebuild
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 # TODO: linuxfb
 
 IUSE="accessibility dbus egl eglfs evdev +gif gles2 ibus
-	jpeg +libinput +png tslib tuio +udev vnc +xcb"
+	jpeg +libinput +png tslib tuio +udev vnc wayland +xcb"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( eglfs xcb )
 	accessibility? ( dbus xcb )
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 "
 PDEPEND="
 	ibus? ( app-i18n/ibus )
+	wayland? ( ~dev-qt/qtwayland-${PV} )
 "
 
 QT5_TARGET_SUBDIRS=(