diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
index 70320e9dbab8..5dcaea3ec1ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, freetype, harfbuzz, qtbase }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, freetype, harfbuzz, libiconv, qtbase, enableGUI ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.7";
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ freetype harfbuzz qtbase ];
+  buildInputs = [ freetype harfbuzz libiconv ] ++ lib.optional enableGUI qtbase;
+
+  configureFlags = lib.optional (!enableGUI) "--with-qt=no";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b6123e914220..682fd7da158a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4808,6 +4808,7 @@ with pkgs;
   ttf2pt1 = callPackage ../tools/misc/ttf2pt1 { };
 
   ttfautohint = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/ttfautohint { };
+  ttfautohint-nox = ttfautohint.override { enableGUI = false; };
 
   tty-clock = callPackage ../tools/misc/tty-clock { };