diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,14 +26,21 @@
 include(CheckLibraryExists)
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
-find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED CONFIG COMPONENTS DBus Network Widgets WebChannel)
+find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED CONFIG COMPONENTS DBus Network Widgets)
 find_package(Qt5WebEngineWidgets ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG)
 set_package_properties(Qt5WebEngineWidgets PROPERTIES
                        URL "git://code.qt.org/qt/qtwebenginewidgets.git"
                        DESCRIPTION "Qt WebEngine module (web browsing engine)"
                        TYPE OPTIONAL
                        PURPOSE "Used by the HTML-based GUI ksysguard library"
                       )
+find_package(Qt5WebChannel ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG)
+set_package_properties(Qt5WebChannel PROPERTIES
+                       URL "git://code.qt.org/qt/qtwebchannel.git"
+                       DESCRIPTION "Qt WebChannel module"
+                       TYPE OPTIONAL
+                       PURPOSE "Used by the HTML-based GUI ksysguard library"
+                      )
 
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS CoreAddons Config I18n WindowSystem Completion Auth WidgetsAddons IconThemes ConfigWidgets Service GlobalAccel KIO)
 find_package(KF5 OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS Plasma)
@@ -75,9 +82,14 @@
     endif()
 endif()
 
+set(WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED FALSE)
+if(Qt5WebEngineWidgets_FOUND AND Qt5WebChannel_FOUND)
+    set(WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED TRUE)
+endif()
+add_feature_info("Scripting plugin support" WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED "Support scripting plugins using WebEngine and WebChannel")
+
 set(HAVE_X11 ${X11_FOUND})
 set(HAVE_XRES ${X11_XRes_FOUND})
-set(HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS ${Qt5WebEngineWidgets_FOUND})
 configure_file(config-ksysguard.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-ksysguard.h )
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING)
diff --git a/config-ksysguard.h.cmake b/config-ksysguard.h.cmake
--- a/config-ksysguard.h.cmake
+++ b/config-ksysguard.h.cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the X11 xres file */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_XRES 1
 
-/* Define if you have QtWebEngineWidgets */
-#cmakedefine01 HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+/* Define if you have QtWebEngineWidgets and QtWebChannel */
+#cmakedefine01 WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
 
 /* Define if you have X11 at all */
 #cmakedefine01 HAVE_X11
diff --git a/processui/CMakeLists.txt b/processui/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/processui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/processui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
         KF5::ConfigCore
     PRIVATE
         Qt5::DBus
-        Qt5::WebChannel
         KF5::I18n
         KF5::WindowSystem
         KF5::AuthCore
@@ -59,8 +58,8 @@
     target_link_libraries(processui PRIVATE Qt5::X11Extras KF5::WindowSystem)
 endif()
 
-if(Qt5WebEngineWidgets_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(processui PRIVATE Qt5::WebEngineWidgets)
+if(WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED)
+    target_link_libraries(processui PRIVATE Qt5::WebEngineWidgets Qt5::WebChannel)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME_C)
diff --git a/processui/scripting.h b/processui/scripting.h
--- a/processui/scripting.h
+++ b/processui/scripting.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
   private Q_SLOTS:
     /** Run the script associated with the QAction that called this slot */
     void runScriptSlot();
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
     void setupJavascriptObjects();
     void refreshScript();
     void zoomIn();
diff --git a/processui/scripting.cpp b/processui/scripting.cpp
--- a/processui/scripting.cpp
+++ b/processui/scripting.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
 
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
 #include <QWebChannel>
 #include <QWebEngineSettings>
 #include <QWebEngineView>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 #include <qtwebenginewidgetsversion.h>
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
 class RemoteUrlInterceptor : public QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor {
 public:
     RemoteUrlInterceptor(QObject *parent) : QWebEngineUrlRequestInterceptor(parent) {}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
             connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::accepted, this, &QDialog::accept);
             connect(buttonBox, &QDialogButtonBox::rejected, this, &QDialog::reject);
 
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
             QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
             layout->addWidget(&m_webView);
             layout->addWidget(buttonBox);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
         }
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
         QWebEngineView *webView() {
             return &m_webView;
         }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     mScriptPath = path;
     mScriptName = name;
 
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
     QUrl fileName = QUrl::fromLocalFile(path + QStringLiteral("index.html"));
     if(!mScriptingHtmlDialog) {
         mScriptingHtmlDialog = new ScriptingHtmlDialog(this);
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
             i18n("KSysGuard library was compiled without QtWebEngineWidgets, please contact your distribution."));
 #endif
 }
-#if HAVE_QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS
+#if WEBENGINE_SCRIPTING_ENABLED
 void Scripting::zoomIn() {
     QWebEngineView *webView = mScriptingHtmlDialog->webView();
     webView->setZoomFactor( webView->zoomFactor() * 1.1 );