diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 261cb693c..bb94775bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get update
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -yqq make autoconf build-essential ca-certificates pkg-config libreadline-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev qt6-base-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libbluetooth-dev libpython3-dev python3 python3-dev libpython3-all-dev liblua5.4-dev liblua5.4-0 lua5.4 sed libssl-dev libgd-dev
+        run: sudo apt-get install -yqq make autoconf build-essential ca-certificates pkg-config libreadline-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev qt6-base-dev qmake6-bin libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libbluetooth-dev libpython3-dev python3 python3-dev libpython3-all-dev liblua5.4-dev liblua5.4-0 lua5.4 sed libssl-dev libgd-dev
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: pip install -r tools/requirements.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get update
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get install -yqq make autoconf build-essential ca-certificates pkg-config libreadline-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev qt6-base-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libbluetooth-dev libpython3-dev python3 python3-dev libpython3-all-dev liblua5.4-dev liblua5.4-0 lua5.4 sed libssl-dev libgd-dev
+        run: sudo apt-get install -yqq make autoconf build-essential ca-certificates pkg-config libreadline-dev gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-dev qt6-base-dev qmake6-bin libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libbluetooth-dev libpython3-dev python3 python3-dev libpython3-all-dev liblua5.4-dev liblua5.4-0 lua5.4 sed libssl-dev libgd-dev
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: pip install -r tools/requirements.txt
diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
index 499100942..9fd6e4bac 100755
--- a/docker/build.sh
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ else
     BUILDARG=""
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$SKIPQT" ]; then
+    BUILDARG="$BUILDARG --build-arg SKIPQT=$SKIPQT"
+fi
+
 # For cross-platform support:
 # cf https://github.com/multiarch/qemu-user-static
 #sudo apt install qemu-user-static
diff --git a/docker/debian-13-trixie/Dockerfile b/docker/debian-13-trixie/Dockerfile
index 38513db23..5047c6679 100644
--- a/docker/debian-13-trixie/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/debian-13-trixie/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ FROM debian:trixie-slim
 
 ENV LANG=C
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-# qtbase5-dev skipped
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get upgrade -y && \
     apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
@@ -12,6 +11,12 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN apt-get install -y opencl-dev && \
     apt-get clean
 
+ARG SKIPQT=false
+RUN if [ "${SKIPQT}" = "false" ]; then \
+    apt-get install -y qt6-base-dev qmake6-bin && \
+    apt-get clean; \
+  fi
+
 # uv
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/
 
diff --git a/docker/debian-13-trixie/docker_conf.inc b/docker/debian-13-trixie/docker_conf.inc
index 481a94e9f..5e7d4dc09 100644
--- a/docker/debian-13-trixie/docker_conf.inc
+++ b/docker/debian-13-trixie/docker_conf.inc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DOCKER_IMAGE=pm3-debian-trixie:1.0
+SKIPQT=1