diff --git a/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER b/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
index 5b86c14e52..e17bc24388 100644
--- a/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
+++ b/browser_patches/webkit/BUILD_NUMBER
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1298
+1299
diff --git a/browser_patches/webkit/pw_run.sh b/browser_patches/webkit/pw_run.sh
index 8ac019a457..3e4e432ae3 100755
--- a/browser_patches/webkit/pw_run.sh
+++ b/browser_patches/webkit/pw_run.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function runLinux() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  GIO_MODULE_DIR="$GIO_DIR" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LD_PATH" WEBKIT_INJECTED_BUNDLE_PATH="$BUNDLE_DIR" "$MINIBROWSER" "$@"
+  WEBKIT_FORCE_COMPLEX_TEXT="1" GIO_MODULE_DIR="$GIO_DIR" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$LD_PATH" WEBKIT_INJECTED_BUNDLE_PATH="$BUNDLE_DIR" "$MINIBROWSER" "$@"
 }
 
 SCRIPT_PATH="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P)"