diff --git a/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-1.2.2.ebuild b/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-1.2.2.ebuild
index 76ce085ee2..0da003d06e 100644
--- a/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2019-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2019-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 DOCS=("README.md" "KnowledgeBase.md")
 
-IUSE="test"
+IUSE="+webkit41 test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/gtk+:3
 	net-libs/libsoup:2.4
-	net-libs/webkit-gtk:4=
+	webkit41? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1= )
+	!webkit41? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4= )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="test? ( app-text/mandoc )"
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:--02 -Wall -Wextra}" \
 	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
 	DOCDIR="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
-	WITH_WEBKITGTK=4.0 \
+	WITH_WEBKITGTK=$(usex webkit41 4.1 4.0) \
 	PREFIX="/usr" \
 	./configure
 }
diff --git a/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-9999.ebuild b/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-9999.ebuild
index 5c0d7dbc5c..4b6ebbec3b 100644
--- a/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-9999.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/badwolf/badwolf-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 DOCS=("README.md" "KnowledgeBase.md")
 
-IUSE="test"
+IUSE="+webkit41 test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/gtk+:3
-	net-libs/webkit-gtk:4=
+	webkit41? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4.1= )
+	!webkit41? ( net-libs/webkit-gtk:4= )
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="test? ( app-text/mandoc )"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ src_configure() {
 	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:--02 -Wall -Wextra}" \
 	LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" \
 	DOCDIR="/usr/share/doc/${PF}" \
-	WITH_WEBKITGTK=4.0 \
+	WITH_WEBKITGTK=$(usex webkit41 4.1 4.0) \
 	PREFIX="/usr" \
 	./configure
 }
diff --git a/www-client/badwolf/metadata.xml b/www-client/badwolf/metadata.xml
index 67827df66f..3436bb79a3 100644
--- a/www-client/badwolf/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/badwolf/metadata.xml
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@
 	for first-usage usability. Privacy is the first goal, and it should be
 	usable (security=usability^(-1) being false).
 	</longdescription>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="webkit41">Use <pkg>net-libs/webkit:4.1</pkg> (uses libsoup3 and so allows HTTP/2) instead of <pkg>net-libs/webkit:4</pkg></flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>