diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 98ce0c2..9d69588 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SUSHI,
                   libmusicbrainz5
                   evince-document-3.0
                   evince-view-3.0
-                  gtksourceview-3.0
-                  webkit2gtk-4.0)
+                  gtksourceview-3.0)
 
 GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable glib_compile_resources gio-2.0`
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_COMPILE_RESOURCES)
diff --git a/src/js/viewers/html.js b/src/js/viewers/html.js
index 5135e2b..c7d078f 100644
--- a/src/js/viewers/html.js
+++ b/src/js/viewers/html.js
@@ -28,12 +28,22 @@ const Gtk = imports.gi.Gtk;
 const GLib = imports.gi.GLib;
 const Lang = imports.lang;
 const Sushi = imports.gi.Sushi;
-const WebKit = imports.gi.WebKit2;
 
 const MimeHandler = imports.ui.mimeHandler;
 const Utils = imports.ui.utils;
 
-const HTMLRenderer = new Lang.Class({
+var WebKit;
+try {
+    imports.gi.versions.WebKit2 = '4.0';
+    WebKit = imports.gi.WebKit2;
+} catch(e) {
+}
+
+function _isAvailable() {
+    return WebKit !== undefined;
+}
+
+var HTMLRenderer = _isAvailable() ? new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'HTMLRenderer',
 
     _init : function(args) {
@@ -89,13 +99,15 @@ const HTMLRenderer = new Lang.Class({
 
         return this._toolbarActor;
     }
-});
+}) : undefined;
 
-let handler = new MimeHandler.MimeHandler();
-let renderer = new HTMLRenderer();
+if (_isAvailable()) {
+    let handler = new MimeHandler.MimeHandler();
+    let renderer = new HTMLRenderer();
 
-let mimeTypes = [
-    'text/html'
-];
+    let mimeTypes = [
+        'text/html'
+    ];
 
-handler.registerMimeTypes(mimeTypes, renderer);
+    handler.registerMimeTypes(mimeTypes, renderer);
+}