diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index fca96aca59..bcc9425ab3 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY mesalib-version              "7.6">
 <!-- The xulrunner version also appears in the firefox mozconfig as a literal -->
 <!ENTITY xulrunner-version            "1.9.2.8">
-<!ENTITY webkitgtk-version            "1.2.3">
+<!ENTITY webkitgtk-version            "1.2.4">
 <!ENTITY libsexy-version              "0.1.11">
 <!ENTITY libnotify-version            "0.4.5">
 <!ENTITY notification-daemon-version  "0.4.0">
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 3ebe7d03d7..dcfd22ea9b 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>[dj] - Updated to icedtea6-1.9-2-i586-bin.tar.bz2.</para>
         </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Updated to Webkitgtk-1.2.4. Fixes ticket
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;3147">#3147</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 
diff --git a/x/lib/webkitgtk.xml b/x/lib/webkitgtk.xml
index 7d84cbb1e1..6fed5d0912 100644
--- a/x/lib/webkitgtk.xml
+++ b/x/lib/webkitgtk.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY webkitgtk-download-http "http://webkitgtk.org/webkit-&webkitgtk-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY webkitgtk-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-md5sum        "0ab5c478a6f5b74a1ae96bf13a456662">
-  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-size          "6.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-buildsize     "302 MB">
+  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-md5sum        "dc3a92dd0e8c2e70263fbfdf809b51a5">
+  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-size          "6.4 MB">
+  <!ENTITY webkitgtk-buildsize     "300 MB">
   <!ENTITY webkitgtk-time          "19 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     portable web rendering engine <application>WebKit</application> to the
     <application>GTK+</application> platform.</para>
 
-    <para>&lfssvn_checked;20100803&lfssvn_checked2;</para>
+    <para>&lfssvn_checked;20100817&lfssvn_checked2;</para>
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">WebKitGTK+ Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
-    <!-- FIXME gobject-introspection should be at least recommended for
-    gnome-2.30 (and needs \-\-enable-introspection : for epiphany-2.30) -->
-
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
     <para role="required"><xref linkend="enchant"/>,
     <xref linkend="gperf"/>,
@@ -75,10 +72,15 @@
     <xref linkend="sqlite"/>, and
     <xref linkend="which"/></para>
 
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/> (Required
+    if building <application>epiphany</application>)</para>
+
+
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional"><xref linkend="curl"/>,
     <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue">GeoClue</ulink>,
-    <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
     <ulink url="http://xsltml.sourceforge.net/">MathML</ulink>, and
     <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
 
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>WebKitGTK+</application> by running the following
     commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-introspection &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
@@ -107,15 +109,15 @@ make</userinput></screen>
   <sect2 role="commands">
     <title>Command Explanations</title>
 
+    <para><option>--enable-introspection</option>: This option enables support
+    for gobject-introspection.</para>
+
     <para><option>--enable-3D-transforms</option>: This option enables support
     for 3D transforms.</para>
 
     <para><option>--enable-geolocation</option>: This option enables support for
     geolocation.</para>
 
-    <para><option>--enable-introspection</option>: This option enables support
-    for gobject-introspection.</para>
-
     <para><option>--enable-mathml</option>: This option enables support for
     MathML.</para>