diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04f4b424b85..b6bf520149b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -238,9 +238,12 @@ IF (POSTGRES_FOUND)
   SET (HAVE_POSTGRESQL TRUE)
 ENDIF (POSTGRES_FOUND)
 
-SET (WITH_QTWEBKIT TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "Enable QtWebkit support")
+SET (WITH_QTWEBKIT TRUE CACHE BOOL "Enable QtWebkit support")
 IF (WITH_QTWEBKIT)
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DWITH_QTWEBKIT)
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Qt WebKit support enabled")
+ELSE (WITH_QTWEBKIT)
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Qt WebKit support DISABLED.")
 ENDIF(WITH_QTWEBKIT)
 #############################################################
 # search for Qt4
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index ed57cba6ea6..b2095c6b864 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  libqt4-opengl-dev,
  libqca2-dev,
  libqca2-plugin-ossl,
- libqtwebkit-dev,
+#wheezy jessie precise trusty utopic vivid wily# libqtwebkit-dev,
 #stretch jessie wheezy# libqwt-dev,
 #precise trusty wily xenial sid# libqwt5-qt4-dev,
  libspatialite-dev,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index a64c252f90b..21e7fb4dfb6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring $(DISTRIBUTION),"wheezy precise"))
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(DISTRIBUTION),"sid stretch"))
-	CMAKE_OPTS += -DPOSTGRES_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/$(DEB_BUILD_MULTIARCH)/libpq.so
+	CMAKE_OPTS += \
+		-DPOSTGRES_LIBRARY=/usr/lib/$(DEB_BUILD_MULTIARCH)/libpq.so \
+		-DWITH_QTWEBKIT=FALSE
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(DISTRIBUTION),"sid"))
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/modeler/ModelerParametersDialog.py b/python/plugins/processing/modeler/ModelerParametersDialog.py
index e5a9d3fd4e5..a240ebb0664 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/modeler/ModelerParametersDialog.py
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/modeler/ModelerParametersDialog.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ __revision__ = '$Format:%H$'
 
 from qgis.PyQt.QtCore import Qt, QUrl, QMetaObject
 from qgis.PyQt.QtWidgets import QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QLabel, QLineEdit, QFrame, QPushButton, QSizePolicy, QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QTabWidget, QWidget, QScrollArea, QComboBox, QTableWidgetItem, QMessageBox
-from qgis.PyQt.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebView
+from qgis.core import QgsWebView
 
 from processing.gui.CrsSelectionPanel import CrsSelectionPanel
 from processing.gui.MultipleInputPanel import MultipleInputPanel
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class ModelerParametersDialog(QDialog):
         self.scrollArea.setWidget(self.paramPanel)
         self.scrollArea.setWidgetResizable(True)
         self.tabWidget.addTab(self.scrollArea, self.tr('Parameters'))
-        self.webView = QWebView()
+        self.webView = QgsWebView()
 
         html = None
         url = None
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgAlgorithmBase.ui b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgAlgorithmBase.ui
index e76058e5a2b..b171a2f863b 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgAlgorithmBase.ui
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgAlgorithmBase.ui
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
          <item>
-          <widget class="QWebView" name="textHelp">
+          <widget class="QgsWebView" name="textHelp">
            <property name="url">
             <url>
              <string>about:blank</string>
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
-   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <class>QgsWebView</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+   <header>qgis.core</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgGetScriptsAndModels.ui b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgGetScriptsAndModels.ui
index 735a0ce3ad2..72378dc329b 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgGetScriptsAndModels.ui
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgGetScriptsAndModels.ui
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <number>0</number>
        </property>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QWebView" name="webView">
+        <widget class="QgsWebView" name="webView">
          <property name="maximumSize">
           <size>
            <width>10000</width>
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
-   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <class>QgsWebView</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+   <header>qgis.core</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgHelpEdition.ui b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgHelpEdition.ui
index 3f0665388af..739c4986f06 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgHelpEdition.ui
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgHelpEdition.ui
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
-     <widget class="QWebView" name="webView">
+     <widget class="QgsWebView" name="webView">
       <property name="url">
        <url>
         <string>about:blank</string>
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
-   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <class>QgsWebView</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+   <header>qgis.core</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
diff --git a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgResults.ui b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgResults.ui
index aef1ad2e9fe..eb4656737cb 100644
--- a/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgResults.ui
+++ b/python/plugins/processing/ui/DlgResults.ui
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
        </property>
       </column>
      </widget>
-     <widget class="QWebView" name="webView">
+     <widget class="QgsWebView" name="webView">
       <property name="minimumSize">
        <size>
         <width>0</width>
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
-   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <class>QgsWebView</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+   <header>qgis.core</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>