diff --git a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
index 3ad351089..8599e1b81 100644
--- a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 if (BUILD_GUI)
-    find_package(Qt5Core)
-    find_package(Qt5Gui)
-    find_package(Qt5Widgets)
-    find_package(Qt5PrintSupport)
-    find_package(Qt5LinguistTools)
+    if (NOT WITH_QCHART)
+        find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport LinguistTools REQUIRED)
+    else()
+        find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui Widgets PrintSupport LinguistTools Charts REQUIRED)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if (HAVE_RULES)
diff --git a/cmake/options.cmake b/cmake/options.cmake
index 3c96ca811..3926a5d53 100644
--- a/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ endif()
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS          "Build tests"                                                   OFF)
 option(BUILD_GUI            "Build the qt application"                                      OFF)
+option(WITH_QCHART          "When building GUI(need BUILD_GUI=ON), use Qt5 Charts"          OFF)
 
 option(HAVE_RULES           "Usage of rules (needs PCRE library and headers)"               OFF)
 
diff --git a/cmake/printInfo.cmake b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
index 7f1fb5b96..6cc345f66 100644
--- a/cmake/printInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/printInfo.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ message( STATUS )
 message( STATUS "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS =     ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}" )
 message( STATUS "BUILD_TESTS =           ${BUILD_TESTS}" )
 message( STATUS "BUILD_GUI =             ${BUILD_GUI}" )
+message( STATUS "WITH_QCHART =           ${WITH_QCHART}" )
 message( STATUS )
 message( STATUS "HAVE_RULES =            ${HAVE_RULES}" )
 message( STATUS )
diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d2009202..1678dbbe1 100644
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ if (BUILD_GUI)
         target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui pcre)
     endif()
     target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport)
+    if(WITH_QCHART)
+        target_compile_definitions (cppcheck-gui PRIVATE HAVE_QCHART )
+        target_link_libraries(cppcheck-gui Qt5::Charts)
+    endif()
 
     install(TARGETS cppcheck-gui RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)
     install(FILES ${qms} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR} COMPONENT applications)