diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex-headless/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex-headless/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b9d5eb3ebfe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex-headless/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  fex,
+}:
+
+fex.override {
+  withQt = false;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex/package.nix
index 726502a66264..9683735feafd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fe/fex/package.nix
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@
   cmake,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
-  qt5,
   python3,
   nix-update-script,
   xxHash,
   fmt,
+  libxml2,
+  openssl,
   range-v3,
+  catch2,
   nasm,
   buildEnv,
   writeText,
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
   libGL,
   wayland,
   xorg,
+  withQt ? true,
+  qt6,
 }:
 
 let
@@ -97,7 +101,6 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     owner = "FEX-Emu";
     repo = "FEX";
     tag = "FEX-${finalAttrs.version}";
-
     hash = "sha256-Dq87cx7tv+HJvpy57L8dcApE+3E8VEyyTYKhDyoUfVU=";
 
     leaveDotGit = true;
@@ -113,8 +116,7 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         External/jemalloc_glibc \
         External/robin-map \
         External/vixl \
-        Source/Common/cpp-optparse \
-        External/Catch2
+        Source/Common/cpp-optparse
 
       find . -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
 
@@ -160,22 +162,21 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     cmake
     ninja
     pkg-config
-    qt5.wrapQtAppsHook
     llvmPackages.bintools
-
     (python3.withPackages (
       pythonPackages: with pythonPackages; [
         setuptools
         libclang
       ]
     ))
-  ];
-
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ nasm ];
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optional withQt qt6.wrapQtAppsHook;
 
   buildInputs = [
     xxHash
     fmt
+    libxml2
+    openssl
     range-v3
     pkgsCross64.buildPackages.clang
     pkgsCross32.buildPackages.clang
@@ -183,20 +184,17 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libllvm
   ]
   ++ libForwardingInputs
-  ++ (with qt5; [
-    qtbase
-    qtdeclarative
-    qtquickcontrols
-    qtquickcontrols2
-  ]);
+  ++ lib.optionals withQt [
+    qt6.qtbase
+    qt6.qtdeclarative
+  ];
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     (lib.cmakeFeature "USE_LINKER" "lld")
-    (lib.cmakeBool "ENABLE_LTO" true)
-    (lib.cmakeBool "ENABLE_ASSERTIONS" false)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "OVERRIDE_VERSION" finalAttrs.version)
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_TESTS" finalAttrs.finalPackage.doCheck)
     (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_THUNKS" true)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_FEXCONFIG" withQt)
     (lib.cmakeFeature "X86_32_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" "${toolchain32}")
     (lib.cmakeFeature "X86_64_TOOLCHAIN_FILE" "${toolchain}")
     (lib.cmakeFeature "X86_DEV_ROOTFS" "${devRootFS}")
@@ -207,6 +205,9 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # Unsupported on non-4K page size kernels (e.g. Apple Silicon)
   doCheck = true;
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = [ nasm ];
+  checkInputs = [ catch2 ];
+
   # List not exhaustive, e.g. because they depend on an x86 compiler or some
   # other difficult-to-build test binaries.
   checkTarget = lib.concatStringsSep " " [
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ llvmPackages.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # Avoid wrapping anything other than FEXConfig, since the wrapped executables
   # don't seem to work when registered as binfmts.
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
-  preFixup = ''
+  preFixup = lib.optionalString withQt ''
     wrapQtApp $out/bin/FEXConfig
   '';