diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 636833646f6..8f3ad94089c 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -2115,11 +2115,8 @@ config CMD_TFTPBOOT
 
 config CMD_WGET
 	bool "wget"
-	depends on CMD_NET
 	default y if SANDBOX
-	select PROT_TCP if NET
-	select PROT_TCP_LWIP if NET_LWIP
-	select PROT_DNS_LWIP if NET_LWIP
+	select WGET
 	help
 	  wget is a simple command to download kernel, or other files,
 	  from a http server over TCP.
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 76ab7d91eeb..b4bb68dd613 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -244,6 +244,15 @@ config NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR
 	  generated. It will be saved to the appropriate environment variable,
 	  too.
 
+config WGET
+	bool "Enable wget"
+	select PROT_TCP if NET
+	select PROT_TCP_LWIP if NET_LWIP
+	select PROT_DNS_LWIP if NET_LWIP
+	help
+	  Selecting this will enable wget, an interface to send HTTP requests
+	  via the network stack.
+
 config TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
 	int "TFTP block size"
 	default 1468
diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index 209377aeb26..7c917b318c0 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)TCP_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT)  += fastboot_tcp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_WOL)  += wol.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROT_UDP) += udp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROT_TCP) += tcp.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_WGET) += wget.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WGET) += wget.o
 
 # Disable this warning as it is triggered by:
 # sprintf(buf, index ? "foo%d" : "foo", index)
diff --git a/net/lwip/Makefile b/net/lwip/Makefile
index f2558f8763a..79dd6b3fb50 100644
--- a/net/lwip/Makefile
+++ b/net/lwip/Makefile
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_DHCP) += dhcp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_DNS) += dns.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_PING) += ping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPBOOT) += tftp.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_WGET) += wget.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_WGET) += wget.o