diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 3935e38c3..8702fd6d6 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ set(DESTDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/destdir" CACHE PATH "Destination direct
 
 option(DEP_DEBUG "Build debug variants (only applicable on Windows)" ON)
 option(DEP_WX_STABLE "Build against wxWidgets stable 3.0 as opposed to default 3.1 (Linux only)" OFF)
+option(DEP_WX_GTK3 "Build wxWidgets against GTK3" OFF)
 
 # On developer machines, it can be enabled to speed up compilation and suppress warnings coming from IGL. 
 # FIXME:
diff --git a/deps/deps-linux.cmake b/deps/deps-linux.cmake
index 3727eba7b..01f7ab21b 100644
--- a/deps/deps-linux.cmake
+++ b/deps/deps-linux.cmake
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ else ()
     set(DEP_WX_TAG "v3.1.1-patched")
 endif()
 
+if (DEP_WX_GTK3)
+    set(WX_GTK_VERSION "3")
+else ()
+    set(WX_GTK_VERSION "2")
+endif()
+
 ExternalProject_Add(dep_wxwidgets
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1
     GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/prusa3d/wxWidgets"
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(dep_wxwidgets
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure
         "--prefix=${DESTDIR}/usr/local"
         --disable-shared
-        --with-gtk=2
+        --with-gtk=${WX_GTK_VERSION}
         --with-opengl
         --enable-unicode
         --enable-graphics_ctx