diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index 20835345b9..7a728019cb 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ WORK_PATH = $(BASEDIR)/work
 BASE_CACHE ?= $(BASEDIR)/built
 SDK_PATH ?= $(BASEDIR)/SDKs
 NO_QT ?=
+NO_QR ?=
 NO_WALLET ?=
 NO_ZMQ ?=
 NO_UPNP ?=
@@ -130,7 +131,10 @@ build_id_string+=system_clang
 $(host_arch)_$(host_os)_id_string+=system_clang
 endif
 
-qt_packages_$(NO_QT) = $(qt_packages) $(qt_$(host_os)_packages) $(qt_$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_packages)
+qrencode_packages_$(NO_QR) = $(qrencode_packages)
+
+qt_packages_$(NO_QT) = $(qt_packages) $(qt_$(host_os)_packages) $(qt_$(host_arch)_$(host_os)_packages) $(qrencode_packages_)
+
 wallet_packages_$(NO_WALLET) = $(wallet_packages)
 upnp_packages_$(NO_UPNP) = $(upnp_packages)
 natpmp_packages_$(NO_NATPMP) = $(natpmp_packages)
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ $(host_prefix)/share/config.site : config.site.in $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_
             -e 's|@CPPFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_CPPFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_CPPFLAGS))|' \
             -e 's|@LDFLAGS@|$(strip $(host_LDFLAGS) $(host_$(release_type)_LDFLAGS))|' \
             -e 's|@no_qt@|$(NO_QT)|' \
+            -e 's|@no_qr@|$(NO_QR)|' \
             -e 's|@no_zmq@|$(NO_ZMQ)|' \
             -e 's|@no_wallet@|$(NO_WALLET)|' \
             -e 's|@no_upnp@|$(NO_UPNP)|' \
diff --git a/depends/README.md b/depends/README.md
index 1b0c60a0a2..357c01faf9 100644
--- a/depends/README.md
+++ b/depends/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ The following can be set when running make: `make FOO=bar`
 <dd>If a source file can't be fetched, try here before giving up</dd>
 <dt>NO_QT</dt>
 <dd>Don't download/build/cache qt and its dependencies</dd>
+<dt>NO_QR</dt>
+<dd>Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling qrencode</dd>
 <dt>NO_ZMQ</dt>
 <dd>Don't download/build/cache packages needed for enabling zeromq</dd>
 <dt>NO_WALLET</dt>
diff --git a/depends/config.site.in b/depends/config.site.in
index d6c97c8066..f736a9ab6f 100644
--- a/depends/config.site.in
+++ b/depends/config.site.in
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ if test -z $with_qt_bindir; then
   with_qt_bindir=$depends_prefix/native/bin
 fi
 
+if test -z $with_qrencode && test -n "@no_qr@"; then
+  with_qrencode=no
+fi
+
 if test -z $enable_wallet && test -n "@no_wallet@"; then
   enable_wallet=no
 fi
diff --git a/depends/packages/packages.mk b/depends/packages/packages.mk
index 99d1dba2e3..5c1237b695 100644
--- a/depends/packages/packages.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/packages.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 packages:=boost libevent gmp bls-dash backtrace cmake immer
 
-qt_packages = qrencode
-
 qt_linux_packages:=qt expat dbus libxcb xcb_proto libXau xproto freetype fontconfig libxkbcommon
 
+qrencode_packages = qrencode
+
 qt_android_packages=qt
 qt_darwin_packages=qt
 qt_mingw32_packages=qt