diff --git a/srcpkgs/gede/template b/srcpkgs/gede/template
index c5defd1c349..159f20b2b9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gede/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gede/template
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ pkgname=gede
 version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=qmake
+build_options="qt5"
+build_options_default="qt5"
 build_wrksrc="src"
-hostmakedepends="python qt-qmake"
-makedepends="qt-devel"
+hostmakedepends="python $(vopt_if qt5 qt5-qmake qt-qmake)"
+makedepends="$(vopt_if qt5 qt5-devel qt-devel)"
 depends="gdb ctags"
 short_desc="Graphical frontend (GUI) to GDB written in Qt"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ distfiles="http://gede.acidron.com/uploads/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=614e0ebdf2873427fe5dda17a0667b44305ea1879f1239318dbfccf40c88ab1d
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt-host-tools qt-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" $(vopt_if qt5 'qt5-host-tools qt5-devel' 'qt-host-tools qt-devel')"
 fi
 
 do_install() {