diff --git a/src/Gui/NetworkRetriever.cpp b/src/Gui/NetworkRetriever.cpp
index 0019036e57..b6cbe153bc 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NetworkRetriever.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/NetworkRetriever.cpp
@@ -374,8 +374,12 @@ void NetworkRetriever::wgetFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus status)
 bool NetworkRetriever::testWget()
 {
     QProcess proc;
+#if QT_VERSION > 0x050000
     proc.setProgram(QString::fromLatin1("wget"));
     proc.start();
+#else
+    proc.start(QString::fromLatin1("wget"));
+#endif
     bool ok = proc.state() == QProcess::Running;
     proc.kill();
     proc.waitForFinished();