diff --git a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-5.15.2_p20210224.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-5.15.2_p20210224.ebuild
index 582efabc3f01..fa9753eefd9f 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-5.15.2_p20210224.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtwebengine/qtwebengine-5.15.2_p20210224.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 # patchset based on https://github.com/chromium-ppc64le releases
 SRC_URI+=" ppc64? ( https://dev.gentoo.org/~gyakovlev/distfiles/${PN}-5.15.2-ppc64.tar.xz )"
 
-IUSE="alsa bindist designer geolocation +jumbo-build kerberos pulseaudio +system-ffmpeg +system-icu widgets"
+IUSE="alsa bindist designer geolocation +jumbo-build kerberos pulseaudio +system-ffmpeg +system-icu widgets +X"
 REQUIRED_USE="designer? ( widgets )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -47,24 +47,26 @@ RDEPEND="
 	media-libs/libpng:0=
 	>=media-libs/libvpx-1.5:=[svc(+)]
 	media-libs/libwebp:=
-	media-libs/mesa[egl,X(+)]
+	media-libs/mesa[egl,X?]
 	media-libs/opus
 	sys-apps/dbus
 	sys-apps/pciutils
 	sys-libs/zlib[minizip]
 	virtual/libudev
 	x11-libs/libdrm
-	x11-libs/libX11
-	x11-libs/libXcomposite
-	x11-libs/libXcursor
-	x11-libs/libXdamage
-	x11-libs/libXext
-	x11-libs/libXfixes
-	x11-libs/libXi
-	x11-libs/libXrandr
-	x11-libs/libXrender
-	x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
-	x11-libs/libXtst
+	X? (
+		x11-libs/libX11
+		x11-libs/libXcomposite
+		x11-libs/libXcursor
+		x11-libs/libXdamage
+		x11-libs/libXext
+		x11-libs/libXfixes
+		x11-libs/libXi
+		x11-libs/libXrandr
+		x11-libs/libXrender
+		x11-libs/libXScrnSaver
+		x11-libs/libXtst
+	)
 	alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib )
 	designer? ( ~dev-qt/designer-${QTVER} )
 	geolocation? ( ~dev-qt/qtpositioning-${QTVER} )