diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index dab8af2ab8..f530071689 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ (define-public webkitgtk
                           ;; Requires libmanette, new dependency added in 2.32.0.
                           ;; TODO Decide if we should enable this
                           "-DENABLE_GAMEPAD=OFF"
+			  ;; NOTE(Krey): As of 02/11/2021-EU Guix packages libsoup-2.72.0 which fails configuration on this package, this is the suggested workaround by cmake
+			  "-DUSE_SOUP2"
                           "-DUSE_SYSTEMD=OFF"
                           (string-append ; uses lib64 by default
                            "-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR="