diff --git a/www-client/qutebrowser/metadata.xml b/www-client/qutebrowser/metadata.xml
index 47684f1efe845..0b5baae9f9565 100644
--- a/www-client/qutebrowser/metadata.xml
+++ b/www-client/qutebrowser/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>radhermit@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Tim Harder</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="webengine">Install packages required for
+		experimental rendering support with webengine.</flag>
+	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">qutebrowser/qutebrowser</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
diff --git a/www-client/qutebrowser/qutebrowser-9999.ebuild b/www-client/qutebrowser/qutebrowser-9999.ebuild
index 5abc6580df183..2688b7223b3cf 100644
--- a/www-client/qutebrowser/qutebrowser-9999.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/qutebrowser/qutebrowser-9999.ebuild
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ else
 	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 fi
 
-DESCRIPTION="A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.qutebrowser.org/ https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser"
+DESCRIPTION="A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on PyQt5 and QtWebKit / QtWebEngine"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.qutebrowser.org/ https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser"
 
 LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="gstreamer test"
+IUSE="gstreamer test webengine +webkit"
+REQUIRED_USE="|| ( webengine webkit )"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
@@ -30,10 +31,14 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	>=dev-python/jinja-2.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pygments-2.1.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pypeg2-2.15.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/PyQt5[${PYTHON_USEDEP},declarative,gui,network,printsupport,webkit,widgets]
+	dev-python/PyQt5[${PYTHON_USEDEP},declarative,gui,network,printsupport,webengine?,webkit?,widgets]
 	dev-python/sip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pyyaml-3.12[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	gstreamer? ( dev-qt/qtwebkit:5[gstreamer] )
+	webengine? (
+		>=dev-python/PyQt5-5.7.1
+		>=dev-qt/qtwebengine-5.7.1:5
+	)
 "
 
 RESTRICT="test"