diff --git a/system/yelp/yelp.SlackBuild b/system/yelp/yelp.SlackBuild
index f12b8946e58..9ab81e30c75 100644
--- a/system/yelp/yelp.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/yelp/yelp.SlackBuild
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+WKIT2="4-0"  #handle either webkit2gtk or webkit2gtk4.1
+if $(pkg-config --exists webkit2gtk-4.1); then
+  WKIT2="4-1"
+fi
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --enable-static=no \
   --disable-schemas-compile \
-  --with-webkit2gtk-4-0 \
+  --with-webkit2gtk-$WKIT2 \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make