diff --git a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
index 958dcc39b9..807c76d148 100644
--- a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2.cpp
@@ -950,14 +950,23 @@ bool wxWebViewWebKit::IsBusy() const
 
 void wxWebViewWebKit::SetEditable(bool enable)
 {
+#if WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION(2, 8, 0)
     webkit_web_view_set_editable(m_web_view, enable);
+#else
+    // Not supported in older versions.
+    wxUnusedVar(enable);
+#endif
 }
 
 bool wxWebViewWebKit::IsEditable() const
 {
+#if WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION(2, 8, 0)
     gboolean editable;
     g_object_get(m_web_view, "editable", &editable, NULL);
     return editable != 0;
+#else
+    return false;
+#endif
 }
 
 void wxWebViewWebKit::DeleteSelection()
diff --git a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2_extension.cpp b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2_extension.cpp
index 3b54165e9a..af4a23fee7 100644
--- a/src/gtk/webview_webkit2_extension.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/webview_webkit2_extension.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ void wxWebViewWebKitExtension::GetSelectedSource(GVariant *parameters,
     webkit_dom_node_append_child(&div->parent_instance,
                                  &clone->parent_instance, NULL);
     WebKitDOMElement *html = (WebKitDOMElement*)div;
+#if WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION(2, 8, 0)
     gchar *text = webkit_dom_element_get_inner_html(html);
+#else
+    gchar *text = webkit_dom_html_element_get_inner_html(WEBKIT_DOM_HTML_ELEMENT(html));
+#endif
     g_object_unref(range);
 
     ReturnDBusStringValue(invocation, text);
@@ -161,7 +165,12 @@ void wxWebViewWebKitExtension::GetPageSource(GVariant *parameters,
 
     WebKitDOMDocument *doc = webkit_web_page_get_dom_document(web_page);
     WebKitDOMElement *body = webkit_dom_document_get_document_element(doc);
+#if WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION(2, 8, 0)
     gchar *source = webkit_dom_element_get_outer_html(body);
+#else
+    gchar *source =
+        webkit_dom_html_element_get_outer_html(WEBKIT_DOM_HTML_ELEMENT(body));
+#endif
     g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value(invocation,
                                           g_variant_new("(s)", source ? source : ""));
 }