diff --git a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEModuleSupport.cmake b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEModuleSupport.cmake
index 349d7ab9b2..0149b409e8 100644
--- a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEModuleSupport.cmake
+++ b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEModuleSupport.cmake
@@ -376,12 +376,15 @@ endfunction()
 # ==================================================================================================
 
 function(_juce_create_pkgconfig_target name)
+    set(options NOLINK)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(JUCE_ARG "${options}" "" "" ${ARGN})
+
     if(TARGET juce::pkgconfig_${name})
         return()
     endif()
 
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(${name} ${ARGN})
+    pkg_check_modules(${name} ${JUCE_ARG_UNPARSED_ARGUMENTS})
 
     add_library(pkgconfig_${name} INTERFACE)
     add_library(juce::pkgconfig_${name} ALIAS pkgconfig_${name})
@@ -389,10 +392,13 @@ function(_juce_create_pkgconfig_target name)
 
     set(pairs
         "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES\;INCLUDE_DIRS"
-        "LINK_LIBRARIES\;LINK_LIBRARIES"
         "LINK_OPTIONS\;LDFLAGS_OTHER"
         "COMPILE_OPTIONS\;CFLAGS_OTHER")
 
+    if(NOT JUCE_ARG_NOLINK)
+        list(APPEND pairs "LINK_LIBRARIES\;LINK_LIBRARIES")
+    endif()
+
     foreach(pair IN LISTS pairs)
         list(GET pair 0 key)
         list(GET pair 1 value)
diff --git a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
index ef8ebd7266..c429bf6e29 100644
--- a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
+++ b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ endfunction()
 if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") OR (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES ".*BSD"))
     _juce_create_pkgconfig_target(JUCE_CURL_LINUX_DEPS libcurl)
     _juce_available_pkgconfig_module_or_else(webkit_package_name webkit2gtk-4.1 webkit2gtk-4.0)
-    _juce_create_pkgconfig_target(JUCE_BROWSER_LINUX_DEPS ${webkit_package_name} gtk+-x11-3.0)
+
+    # All browser related libs are loaded dynamically only if they are available during runtime
+    _juce_create_pkgconfig_target(JUCE_BROWSER_LINUX_DEPS NOLINK ${webkit_package_name} gtk+-x11-3.0)
 endif()
 
 # We set up default/fallback copy dirs here. If you need different copy dirs, use