diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/EventLog.cs b/SparkleShare/Linux/EventLog.cs
index 57b37211..3b7460b2 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/EventLog.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/EventLog.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ using System;
 using IO = System.IO;
 
 using Gtk;
-// using WebKit;
+using WebKit2;
 
 namespace SparkleShare {
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
         private ScrolledWindow scrolled_window;
         private VBox spinner_wrapper;
         private Spinner spinner;
-//      private WebView web_view;
+        private WebView web_view;
 
         int pos_x, pos_y;
 
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
             css_provider.LoadFromData ("GtkEventBox { background-color: #ffffff; }");
             this.content_wrapper.StyleContext.AddProvider (css_provider, 800);
 
-//          this.web_view = new WebView () { Editable = false };
-//          this.web_view.Settings.EnablePresets = false;
-//          this.web_view.NavigationRequested += WebViewNavigationRequested;
+            this.web_view = new WebView () { Editable = false };
+            this.web_view.Settings.EnablePresets = false;
+            this.web_view.NavigationRequested += WebViewNavigationRequested;
 
             this.scrolled_window.Add (new Button ("WebView"));
             
@@ -272,21 +272,21 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 			html = html.Replace ("<!-- $document-moved-background-image -->", "file://" + IO.Path.Combine (icons_path, "document-moved.png"));
                     
             this.spinner.Stop ();
-//          this.scrolled_window.Remove (this.web_view);
-//          this.web_view.Dispose ();
+            this.scrolled_window.Remove (this.web_view);
+            this.web_view.Dispose ();
 
-//          this.web_view = new WebView () { Editable = false };
-//          this.web_view.LoadString (html, "text/html", "UTF-8", "file://");
-//          this.web_view.NavigationRequested += WebViewNavigationRequested;
-//          this.scrolled_window.Add (this.web_view);
+            this.web_view = new WebView () { Editable = false };
+            this.web_view.LoadString (html, "text/html", "UTF-8", "file://");
+            //this.web_view.NavigationRequested += WebViewNavigationRequested;
+            this.scrolled_window.Add (this.web_view);
 
             this.content_wrapper.Remove (this.content_wrapper.Child);
-            this.content_wrapper.Add (this.scrolled_window);
+            //this.content_wrapper.Add (this.scrolled_window);
             this.scrolled_window.ShowAll ();
         }
 
-/*
-        private void WebViewNavigationRequested (object o, WebKit.NavigationRequestedArgs args) {
+        /*
+        private void WebViewNavigationRequested (object o, WebKit2.NavigationRequestedArgs args) {
             Controller.LinkClicked (args.Request.Uri);
 
             // Don't follow HREFs (as this would cause a page refresh)
diff --git a/build/build.environment.mk b/build/build.environment.mk
index 580d2b16..433b0a20 100755
--- a/build/build.environment.mk
+++ b/build/build.environment.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LINK_MONO_POSIX = -r:Mono.Posix
 
 LINK_GLIB = $(GLIB_SHARP_LIBS)
 LINK_GTK = $(GTK_SHARP_LIBS)
-LINK_WEBKIT = $(WEBKITGTK_SHARP_LIBS)
+LINK_WEBKIT = $(WEBKIT2_SHARP_LIBS)
 LINK_APP_INDICATOR = $(APP_INDICATOR_LIBS)
 
 REF_SPARKLES = $(LINK_SYSTEM) $(LINK_MONO_POSIX)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e388b1ac..85ee1c59 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -65,12 +65,12 @@ if test "$OSNAME" = "Linux" ; then
 	SPARKLESHARE_CHECK_GTK_SHARP
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NOTIFY_SHARP, notify-sharp-3.0)
 
-#	dnl check for webkitgtk-sharp
-#	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WEBKITGTK_SHARP, webkitgtk-sharp-3.0, have_webkitgtk_sharp=yes, have_webkitgtk_sharp=no)
-#	if test "x$have_webkitgtk_sharp" = "xno" ; then
-#		AC_ERROR("webkitgtk-sharp is a required dependency: you need to install the appropriate devel package before you can compile")
-#	fi
-#	AC_SUBST(WEBKITGTK_SHARP_LIBS)
+	dnl check for webkit2-sharp
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WEBKIT2_SHARP, webkit2-sharp-4.0, have_webkit2_sharp=yes, have_webkit2_sharp=no)
+	if test "x$have_webkit2_sharp" = "xno" ; then
+		AC_ERROR("webkit2-sharp is a required dependency: you need to install the appropriate devel package before you can compile")
+	fi
+	AC_SUBST(WEBKIT2_SHARP_LIBS)
 
 	APPINDICATOR_REQUIRED=0.1