diff --git a/build/cmake/files.cmake b/build/cmake/files.cmake
index 455e2d2f11..0f0adadf14 100644
--- a/build/cmake/files.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/files.cmake
@@ -2869,6 +2869,10 @@ set(WEBVIEW_GTK_SRC
     src/gtk/webview_webkit.cpp
 )
 
+set(WEBVIEW2_GTK_SRC
+    src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+)
+
 set(XRC_SRC
     src/xrc/xh_activityindicator.cpp
     src/xrc/xh_animatctrl.cpp
diff --git a/build/cmake/init.cmake b/build/cmake/init.cmake
index 292440380f..0c9e420f75 100644
--- a/build/cmake/init.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/init.cmake
@@ -225,8 +225,19 @@ if(wxUSE_GUI)
 
     if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW AND WXGTK)
         find_package(LibSoup)
-        find_package(Webkit)
-        if(NOT WEBKIT_FOUND OR NOT LIBSOUP_FOUND)
+        if(WXGTK2)
+            find_package(Webkit 1.0)
+        elseif(WXGTK3)
+            find_package(Webkit 3.0)
+            find_package(Webkit2)
+            if(NOT WEBKIT2_FOUND)
+                wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2 OFF)
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        if(NOT WEBKIT_FOUND)
+            wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT OFF)
+        endif()
+        if((NOT WEBKIT_FOUND AND NOT WEBKIT2_FOUND) OR NOT LIBSOUP_FOUND)
             message(WARNING "webkit not found, wxWebview won't be available")
             wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW OFF)
         endif()
diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
index 317bb1be62..c7055be359 100644
--- a/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,25 +14,39 @@ wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW_CMN)
 if(WXMSW)
     wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW_MSW)
 elseif(WXGTK)
-    wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW_GTK)
+    if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
+        wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW2_GTK)
+    elseif(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT)
+        wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW_GTK)
+    endif()
 elseif(APPLE)
     wx_append_sources(WEBVIEW_FILES WEBVIEW_OSX_SHARED)
 endif()
 
 wx_add_library(webview ${WEBVIEW_FILES})
+
+if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
+    wx_lib_compile_definitions(webview PRIVATE
+        -DWX_WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIRECTORY="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/web-extensions"
+        )
+endif()
+
 if(APPLE)
     wx_lib_link_libraries(webview PUBLIC
         "-framework WebKit"
         )
 elseif(WXGTK)
-    wx_lib_include_directories(webview PUBLIC
-        ${WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-        ${LIBSOUP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-        )
-    wx_lib_link_libraries(webview PUBLIC
-        ${WEBKIT_LIBRARIES}
-        ${LIBSOUP_LIBRARIES}
-        )
+    if(LIBSOUP_FOUND)
+        wx_lib_include_directories(webview PUBLIC ${LIBSOUP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        wx_lib_link_libraries(webview PUBLIC ${LIBSOUP_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
+    if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
+        wx_lib_include_directories(webview PUBLIC ${WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        wx_lib_link_libraries(webview PUBLIC ${WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES})
+    elseif(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT)
+        wx_lib_include_directories(webview PUBLIC ${WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        wx_lib_link_libraries(webview PUBLIC ${WEBKIT_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 wx_finalize_lib(webview)
diff --git a/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit.cmake b/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit.cmake
index 1bb331cf69..8b6e6ccef7 100644
--- a/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit.cmake
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-# - Find Webkit-3.0
-# Find the Webkit-3.0 includes and library
+# - Find Webkit
+# Find the Webkit includes and library
 #
 #  WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR - Where to find webkit include sub-directory.
-#  WEBKIT_LIBRARIES   - List of libraries when using Webkit-3.0.
-#  WEBKIT_FOUND       - True if Webkit-3.0 found.
+#  WEBKIT_LIBRARIES   - List of libraries when using Webkit.
+#  WEBKIT_FOUND       - True if Webkit found.
 
-SET( WEBKIT_VERSION "1.0")
+SET(WEBKIT_VERSION 1.0)
+if(DEFINED Webkit_FIND_VERSION)
+    SET(WEBKIT_VERSION ${Webkit_FIND_VERSION})
+endif()
 
-IF (WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    # Already in cache, be silent.
-    SET(WEBKIT_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
-ENDIF (WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+SET(WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND)
+SET(WEBKIT_LIBRARY WEBKIT_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND)
+SET(WEBKIT_LIBRARIES WEBKIT_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND)
 
 FIND_PATH(WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR webkit/webkit.h
     PATH_SUFFIXES "webkitgtk-${WEBKIT_VERSION}"
@@ -35,4 +37,4 @@ ELSE(WEBKIT_FOUND)
     SET( WEBKIT_LIBRARIES )
 ENDIF(WEBKIT_FOUND)
 
-MARK_AS_ADVANCED( WEBKIT_LIBRARY WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR )
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(WEBKIT_LIBRARY WEBKIT_LIBRARIES WEBKIT_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit2.cmake b/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit2.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33a8e4a863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cmake/modules/FindWebkit2.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# - Find Webkit2
+# Find the Webkit2 includes and library
+#
+#  WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR - Where to find Webkit2 include sub-directory.
+#  WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES   - List of libraries when using Webkit2.
+#  WEBKIT2_FOUND       - True if Webkit2 found.
+
+SET( WEBKIT2_VERSION 4.0)
+
+set(WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR-NOTFOUND)
+set(WEBKIT2_LIBRARY WEBKIT2_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND)
+set(WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND)
+
+FIND_PATH(WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR webkit2/webkit2.h
+    PATH_SUFFIXES "webkitgtk-${WEBKIT2_VERSION}"
+)
+
+SET(WEBKIT2_NAMES "webkit2gtk-${WEBKIT2_VERSION}")
+FIND_LIBRARY(WEBKIT2_LIBRARY
+    NAMES ${WEBKIT2_NAMES}
+)
+
+# Handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set WEBKIT2_FOUND to
+# TRUE if all listed variables are TRUE.
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(
+    WEBKIT2 DEFAULT_MSG
+    WEBKIT2_LIBRARY WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR
+)
+
+IF(WEBKIT2_FOUND)
+    SET( WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES ${WEBKIT2_LIBRARY} )
+ELSE(WEBKIT2_FOUND)
+    SET( WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES )
+ENDIF(WEBKIT2_FOUND)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(WEBKIT2_LIBRARY WEBKIT2_LIBRARIES WEBKIT2_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/build/cmake/options.cmake b/build/cmake/options.cmake
index 0cf3740002..a972de41da 100644
--- a/build/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ wx_option(wxUSE_DRAGIMAGE "use wxDragImage")
 wx_option(wxUSE_UIACTIONSIMULATOR "use wxUIActionSimulator (experimental)")
 wx_option(wxUSE_DC_TRANSFORM_MATRIX "use wxDC::SetTransformMatrix and related")
 wx_option(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT "use wxWebView WebKit backend")
-# TODO: wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2
+wx_option(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2 "use wxWebView WebKit2 backend")
 if(WIN32 OR APPLE)
     set(wxUSE_PRIVATE_FONTS_DEFAULT ON)
 else()
diff --git a/build/files b/build/files
index 93c9fec7dd..fa83ae8e71 100644
--- a/build/files
+++ b/build/files
@@ -2812,6 +2812,9 @@ WEBVIEW_GTK_HDR =
 WEBVIEW_GTK_SRC =
     src/gtk/webview_webkit.cpp
 
+WEBVIEW2_GTK_SRC =
+    src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+
 # wxXRC
 
 XRC_SRC =