diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0cc27af12..398793cd7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ option(USE_EGL "Enables EGL OpenGL Interface" OFF)
 option(TRY_X11 "Enables X11 Support" ON)
 option(USE_SHARED_ENET "Use shared libenet if found rather than Dolphin's soon-to-compatibly-diverge version" OFF)
 option(USE_UPNP "Enables UPnP port mapping support" ON)
-option(DISABLE_WX "Disable wxWidgets (use Qt or CLI interface)" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_WX "Enable wxWidgets (Default)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_QT2 "Enable Qt2 (use the other experimental Qt interface)" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_LTO "Enables Link Time Optimization" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_GENERIC "Enables generic build that should run on any little-endian host" OFF)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ if(ANDROID)
   set(USE_X11 0)
   set(USE_UPNP 0)
   set(USE_EGL 1)
-  set(DISABLE_WX 1)
+  set(ENABLE_WX 0)
   set(ENABLE_QT2 0)
 
   # We are cross compiling, search only the toolchain for libraries and includes
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ if(ENABLE_HEADLESS)
     set(USE_EGL 1)
   endif()
   set(USE_X11 0)
-  set(DISABLE_WX 1)
+  set(ENABLE_WX 0)
   set(ENABLE_QT2 0)
   add_definitions(-DUSE_HEADLESS)
 endif()
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ if(NOT ANDROID)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT DISABLE_WX)
+if(ENABLE_WX)
   find_package(wxWidgets 3.1.0 COMPONENTS core aui adv)
 
   if(_ARCH_32)