diff --git a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
index cb7461ccbc..9c68fe73cf 100644
--- a/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
+++ b/package/webkitgtk/webkitgtk.mk
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ else
 WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GLES2=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGBM),y)
+WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_GBM=ON
+WEBKITGTK_DEPENDENCIES += libgbm
+else
+WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_GBM=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3_X11),y)
 WEBKITGTK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_X11_TARGET=ON
 WEBKITGTK_DEPENDENCIES += libgl \