diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
index c0fae2f71765..7d48b68d14c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , enableGeoLocation ? true, geoclue2, sqlite
 , enableGtk2Plugins ? false, gtk2 ? null
 , gst-plugins-base, gst-plugins-bad, woff2
+, bubblewrap, libseccomp, xdg-dbus-proxy, substituteAll
 }:
 
 assert enableGeoLocation -> geoclue2 != null;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ assert stdenv.isDarwin -> !enableGtk2Plugins;
 with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "webkitgtk";
-  version = "2.24.4";
+  version = "2.26.1";
 
   meta = {
     description = "Web content rendering engine, GTK port";
@@ -28,11 +29,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://webkitgtk.org/releases/${pname}-${version}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "1n3x5g1z6rg9n1ssna7wi0z6zlprjm4wzk544v14wqi6q0lv2s46";
+    sha256 = "0mfikjfjhwcnrxbzdyh3fl9bbs2azgbdnx8h5910h41b3n022jvb";
   };
 
-  patches = optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-    ## TODO add necessary patches for Darwin
+  patches = optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+    (substituteAll {
+      src = ./fix-bubblewrap-paths.patch;
+      inherit (builtins) storeDir;
+    })
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -41,8 +45,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cmakeFlags = [
   "-DPORT=GTK"
-  "-DUSE_LIBHYPHEN=0"
+  "-DUSE_LIBHYPHEN=OFF"
   "-DENABLE_INTROSPECTION=ON"
+  "-DUSE_WPE_RENDERER=OFF"
   ]
   ++ optional (!enableGtk2Plugins) "-DENABLE_PLUGIN_PROCESS_GTK2=OFF"
   ++ optional stdenv.isLinux "-DENABLE_GLES2=ON"
@@ -73,11 +78,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optional enableGtk2Plugins gtk2
     ++ (with xorg; [ libXdmcp libXt libXtst libXdamage ])
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libedit readline libGLU_combined ]
-    ++ optional stdenv.isLinux wayland;
+    ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [
+      wayland bubblewrap libseccomp xdg-dbus-proxy
+  ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     libsoup gtk3
   ];
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
+
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/fix-bubblewrap-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/fix-bubblewrap-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6485ba0f261f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkitgtk/fix-bubblewrap-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -ru old/webkitgtk-2.26.0/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp webkitgtk-2.26.0/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp
+--- old/webkitgtk-2.26.0/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp	2019-09-09 04:47:07.000000000 -0400
++++ webkitgtk-2.26.0/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp	2019-09-20 21:14:10.537921173 -0400
+@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
+         { SCMP_SYS(keyctl), nullptr },
+         { SCMP_SYS(request_key), nullptr },
+ 
+-        // Scary VM/NUMA ops 
++        // Scary VM/NUMA ops
+         { SCMP_SYS(move_pages), nullptr },
+         { SCMP_SYS(mbind), nullptr },
+         { SCMP_SYS(get_mempolicy), nullptr },
+@@ -724,6 +724,10 @@
+         "--ro-bind-try", "/usr/local/lib64", "/usr/local/lib64",
+ 
+         "--ro-bind-try", PKGLIBEXECDIR, PKGLIBEXECDIR,
++
++        // Nix Directories
++        "--ro-bind", "@storeDir@", "@storeDir@",
++        "--ro-bind", "/run/current-system", "/run/current-system",
+     };
+     // We would have to parse ld config files for more info.
+     bindPathVar(sandboxArgs, "LD_LIBRARY_PATH");
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5c3bc883690b..c200860c317a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14098,7 +14098,7 @@ in
   webkitgtk = callPackage ../development/libraries/webkitgtk {
     harfbuzz = harfbuzzFull;
     inherit (gst_all_1) gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-bad;
-    stdenv = gcc6Stdenv;
+    stdenv = clangStdenv; # TODO: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/36947
   };
 
   webkitgtk24x-gtk3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/webkitgtk/2.4.nix {