diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
index cad5185b0d7..b742be27f74 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 , gtk2, gtk3, wayland, libwebp, enchant
 , libxml2, libsoup, libsecret, libxslt, harfbuzz
 , gst-plugins-base
+, withGtk2 ? false
+, enableIntrospection ? true
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -31,9 +33,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     done
   '';
 
-  configureFlags = [
+  configureFlags = with stdenv.lib; [
     "--disable-geolocation"
-    "--enable-introspection"
+    (optionalString enableIntrospection "--enable-introspection")
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional withGtk2 [
+    "--with-gtk=2.0"
+    "--disable-webkit2"
   ];
 
   dontAddDisableDepTrack = true;
@@ -49,7 +54,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     gst-plugins-base
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ gtk3 libsoup ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    libsoup
+    (if withGtk2 then gtk2 else gtk3)
+  ];
 
   #enableParallelBuilding = true; # build problems on Hydra
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c2cf120490b..66f5acc51b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5909,6 +5909,11 @@ let
     gst-plugins-base = gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base;
   };
 
+  webkitgtk2 = webkitgtk.override {
+    withGtk2 = true;
+    enableIntrospection = false;
+  };
+
   wildmidi = callPackage ../development/libraries/wildmidi { };
 
   wvstreams = callPackage ../development/libraries/wvstreams { };