diff --git a/package/qt/Config.in b/package/qt/Config.in
index b9752d3a57..fa5235d6f4 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.in
@@ -469,15 +469,23 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_WEBKIT
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_NETWORK
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ARCH_SUPPORTS_WEBKIT
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # needs pthread_getattr_np()
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_APP
 	help
 	  Build the WebKit module.
 	  If unsure, say n.
 
-comment "WebKit needs shared library/NPTL toolchain/script/gui/network support"
-	depends on !(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SCRIPT && BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SHARED && \
-		BR2_PACKAGE_QT_GUI_MODULE && BR2_PACKAGE_QT_NETWORK)
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
+comment "WebKit needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, NPTL"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ARCH_SUPPORTS_WEBKIT
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || BR2_STATIC_LIB
+
+comment "WebKit needs QtShared/Script/Gui/Network and Gstreamer 0.10"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_ARCH_SUPPORTS_WEBKIT
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL && !BR2_STATIC_LIB
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SCRIPT     || !BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SHARED   \
+		|| !BR2_PACKAGE_QT_GUI_MODULE || !BR2_PACKAGE_QT_NETWORK  \
+		|| !BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_STL
 	bool "STL support"
diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index c2d2e9c280..09b8dc291f 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_WEBKIT),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -webkit
+QT_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer gst-plugins-base
 else
 QT_CONFIGURE_OPTS += -no-webkit
 endif