diff --git a/src/network/slirp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/network/slirp/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f0458bdb..5bb4bceca 100644
--- a/src/network/slirp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/network/slirp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,23 +17,18 @@ add_library(slirp STATIC arp_table.c bootp.c cksum.c dnssearch.c if.c ip_icmp.c
     ip_input.c ip_output.c mbuf.c misc.c sbuf.c slirp.c socket.c tcp_input.c
     tcp_output.c tcp_subr.c tcp_timer.c udp.c util.c version.c)
 
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
-  target_link_libraries(slirp wsock32 iphlpapi)
+if(WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(slirp wsock32 iphlpapi)
 endif()
 
-if(QT)
-  if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+option(SLIRP_GLIB "Use GLib proper with SLiRP" OFF)
+
+if(SLIRP_GLIB)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(GLIB_PKG IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0)
-    if (GLIB_PKG_FOUND)
-        target_compile_definitions(slirp PRIVATE TINYGLIB_USE_GLIB)
-        target_link_libraries(slirp PkgConfig::GLIB_PKG)
-    else()
-        message(ERROR "GLib development headers are required when compiling with Qt on Unix")
-    endif()
-  else()
-    target_sources(slirp PRIVATE tinyglib.c)
-  endif()
+    pkg_check_modules(GLIB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0)
+    target_link_libraries(slirp PkgConfig::GLIB)
+
+    target_compile_definitions(slirp PRIVATE TINYGLIB_USE_GLIB)
 else()
-  target_sources(slirp PRIVATE tinyglib.c)
+    target_sources(slirp PRIVATE tinyglib.c)
 endif()