diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/icons/Makefile b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/icons/Makefile
index 709514c12..88efc3c5b 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/icons/Makefile
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_gui-qt4/icons/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,28 @@ SIZES := 16x16 22x22 32x32 48x48 64x64 128x128
 ICONS := $(addsuffix .png, $(foreach name, $(NAMES), $(foreach size, $(SIZES), $(size)/$(name))))
 ICONS += $(addsuffix .xpm, $(NAMES))
 
+ifeq (1, $(shell which inkscape; echo $$?))
+$(error "No inkscape in PATH, it is required for exporting icons.")
+else
+ifeq (0, $(shell inkscape --without-gui 2>&1 > /dev/null; echo $$?))
+# Inkscape < 1.0
+INKSCAPE_GUI_FLAG := --without-gui
+INKSCAPE_OUTPUT_FLAG := --export-png
+else
+# Inkscape >= 1.0
+INKSCAPE_GUI_FLAG :=
+INKSCAPE_OUTPUT_FLAG := --export-filename
+endif
+endif
+
 all: $(ICONS)
 
 %.png:
 	mkdir -p hicolor/$(word 1, $(subst /, ,$(@)))/apps/
-	inkscape $(subst .png,.svg, $(word 2, $(subst /, , $(@)))) --without-gui \
+	inkscape $(subst .png,.svg, $(word 2, $(subst /, , $(@)))) $(INKSCAPE_GUI_FLAG) \
 		--export-width=$(word 1, $(subst x, , $(@)))  \
 	        --export-height=$(word 2, $(subst x, , $(subst /, , $(@)))) \
-		--export-png=hicolor/$(word 1, $(subst /, ,$(@)))/apps/$(word 2, $(subst /, , $@))
+		$(INKSCAPE_OUTPUT_FLAG)=hicolor/$(word 1, $(subst /, ,$(@)))/apps/$(word 2, $(subst /, , $@))
 
 %.xpm:
 	mkdir -p pixmaps/