diff --git a/build/cmake/init.cmake b/build/cmake/init.cmake
index 70c8369bcc..b5b207924a 100644
--- a/build/cmake/init.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/init.cmake
@@ -223,23 +223,39 @@ if(wxUSE_GUI)
         endif()
     endif()
 
-    if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW AND WXGTK)
-        find_package(LibSoup)
-        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)
+    if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW)
+        if(WXGTK)
+            if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT)
+                find_package(LibSoup)
+                if(WXGTK2)
+                    find_package(Webkit 1.0)
+                elseif(WXGTK3)
+                    find_package(Webkit2)
+                    if(NOT WEBKIT2_FOUND)
+                        find_package(Webkit 3.0)
+                    endif()
+                endif()
+            endif()
+            set(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT OFF)
+            set(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2 OFF)
+            if(WEBKIT_FOUND AND LIBSOUP_FOUND)
+                set(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT ON)
+            elseif(WEBKIT2_FOUND AND LIBSOUP_FOUND)
+                set(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2 ON)
+            else()
+                message(WARNING "webkit not found or enabled, wxWebview won't be available")
+                wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW OFF)
+            endif()
+        elseif(WXMSW)
+            if(NOT wxUSE_WEBVIEW_IE)
+                message(WARNING "WebviewIE not found or enabled, wxWebview won't be available")
+                wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW OFF)
+            endif()
+        elseif(APPLE)
+            if(NOT wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT)
+                message(WARNING "webkit not found or enabled, wxWebview won't be available")
+                wx_option_force_value(wxUSE_WEBVIEW 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()
     endif()
 
diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
index 8de7e67bd2..ac4caca35e 100644
--- a/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/lib/webview/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ endif()
 
 wx_add_library(webview ${WEBVIEW_FILES})
 
-if(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
+if(WXGTK AND wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
     set(WX_WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIRECTORY "lib/wx/${wxMAJOR_VERSION}.${wxMINOR_VERSION}/web-extensions")
     wx_lib_compile_definitions(webview PRIVATE
         -DWX_WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIRECTORY="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${WX_WEB_EXTENSIONS_DIRECTORY}"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ wx_finalize_lib(webview)
 # webkit extension plugin
 # we can't use (all of the) macros and functions because this library should
 # always be build as a shared libary, and not included in the monolithic build.
-if(WXGTK AND LIBSOUP_FOUND AND wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
+if(WXGTK AND wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2)
     wx_append_sources(WEBKIT2_EXT_FILES WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2_EXTENSION)
     add_library(webkit2_ext SHARED ${WEBKIT2_EXT_FILES})
     wx_set_target_properties(webkit2_ext false)
diff --git a/build/cmake/options.cmake b/build/cmake/options.cmake
index 06ad52725a..1ea8458bda 100644
--- a/build/cmake/options.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/options.cmake
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ 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")
-wx_option(wxUSE_WEBVIEW_WEBKIT2 "use wxWebView WebKit2 backend")
 if(WIN32 OR APPLE)
     set(wxUSE_PRIVATE_FONTS_DEFAULT ON)
 else()
diff --git a/build/cmake/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 47230283ba..2f8d28070a 100644
--- a/build/cmake/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,10 @@ wx_add_sample(typetest typetest.cpp typetest.h)
 wx_add_sample(uiaction DEPENDS wxUSE_UIACTIONSIMULATOR)
 wx_add_sample(validate validate.cpp validate.h DEPENDS wxUSE_VALIDATORS)
 wx_add_sample(vscroll vstest.cpp)
-wx_add_sample(webview LIBRARIES webview stc NAME webviewsample DEPENDS wxUSE_WEBVIEW)
+wx_add_sample(webview LIBRARIES webview NAME webviewsample DEPENDS wxUSE_WEBVIEW)
+if(TARGET webviewsample AND wxUSE_STC)
+    wx_exe_link_libraries(webviewsample stc)
+endif()
 # widgets Sample
 set(SAMPLE_WIDGETS_SRC
     activityindicator.cpp