diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9745fb6458..563a4a656a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (GTHREAD REQUIRED gthread-2.0>=2.20)
 
 GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (LIBXML2 REQUIRED libxml-2.0>=2.7.0)
 GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (LIBXSLT REQUIRED libxslt)
-GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (WEBKIT OPTIONAL webkit2gtk-4.0)
+GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (WEBKIT webkit2gtk-4.0)
 IF (NOT WEBKIT_FOUND)
   GNC_PKG_CHECK_MODULES (WEBKIT REQUIRED webkit2gtk-3.0)
   IF (WIN32)