diff --git a/modules/juce_events/messages/juce_ApplicationBase.cpp b/modules/juce_events/messages/juce_ApplicationBase.cpp
index e9126c9365..84aa790722 100644
--- a/modules/juce_events/messages/juce_ApplicationBase.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_events/messages/juce_ApplicationBase.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ StringArray JUCE_CALLTYPE JUCEApplicationBase::getCommandLineParameterArray()
  extern void initialiseNSApplication();
 #endif
 
-#if JUCE_LINUX && JUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_gui_extra
+#if JUCE_LINUX && JUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_gui_extra && (! defined(JUCE_WEB_BROWSER) || JUCE_WEB_BROWSER)
  extern int juce_gtkWebkitMain (int argc, const char* argv[]);
 #endif
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int JUCEApplicationBase::main (int argc, const char* argv[], void* customDelegat
         initialiseNSApplication();
        #endif
 
-       #if JUCE_LINUX && JUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_gui_extra
+       #if JUCE_LINUX && JUCE_MODULE_AVAILABLE_juce_gui_extra && (! defined(JUCE_WEB_BROWSER) || JUCE_WEB_BROWSER)
         if (argc >= 2 && String (argv[1]) == "--juce-gtkwebkitfork-child")
             return juce_gtkWebkitMain (argc, argv);
        #endif