diff --git a/0001-MGR-support-wxWidgets-without-webview.patch b/0001-MGR-support-wxWidgets-without-webview.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bdda12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-MGR-support-wxWidgets-without-webview.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+From 84c17bc232a7721ab0687228af5b3acfba12ad75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
+Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 01:55:57 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] MGR: support wxWidgets without webview
+
+If wxWidgets is built without support for the webview widget, make do
+with a wxHtmlWindow instead.
+---
+ clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.cpp |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.h   |    8 ++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
+
+Index: boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.cpp
+===================================================================
+--- boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33.orig/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.cpp
++++ boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.cpp
+@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS( CNoticeListCtrl
+  
+ BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE( CNoticeListCtrl, wxWindow )
+ 
++#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+ ////@begin CNoticeListCtrl event table entries
+     EVT_WEBVIEW_NAVIGATING(ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW, CNoticeListCtrl::OnLinkClicked)
+     EVT_WEBVIEW_ERROR(ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW, CNoticeListCtrl::OnWebViewError)
+ ////@end CNoticeListCtrl event table entries
++#else
++    EVT_HTML_LINK_CLICKED(ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW, CNoticeListCtrl::OnLinkClicked)
++#endif
+  
+ END_EVENT_TABLE()
+  
+@@ -84,7 +88,11 @@ bool CNoticeListCtrl::Create( wxWindow*
+     wxWindow::Create( parent, ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
+         wxSUNKEN_BORDER | wxTAB_TRAVERSAL );
+ 
++#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+     m_browser = wxWebView::New( this, ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW );
++#else
++    m_browser = new wxHtmlWindow(this, ID_LIST_NOTIFICATIONSVIEW);
++#endif
+ ////@end CNoticeListCtrl creation
+ 
+     wxBoxSizer *topsizer;
+@@ -236,7 +244,11 @@ void CNoticeListCtrl::SetItemCount(int n
+         m_noticesBody += strBuffer;
+     }
+     m_noticesBody += wxT("</font></body></html>");
++#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+     m_browser->SetPage(m_noticesBody, wxT("http://"));
++#else
++    m_browser->SetPage(m_noticesBody);
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ 
+@@ -246,6 +258,7 @@ void CNoticeListCtrl::Clear() {
+ }
+ 
+ 
++#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+ void CNoticeListCtrl::OnLinkClicked( wxWebViewEvent& event ) {
+     if (event.GetURL().StartsWith(wxT("http://")) || event.GetURL().StartsWith(wxT("https://"))) {
+         event.Veto();   // Tell wxWebView not to follow link
+@@ -262,6 +275,18 @@ void CNoticeListCtrl::OnWebViewError( wx
+ 
+     event.Skip();
+ }
++#else
++void CNoticeListCtrl::OnLinkClicked(wxHtmlLinkEvent &event)
++{
++	wxString url = event.GetLinkInfo().GetHref();
++	if (!url.StartsWith(wxT("http://")) && !url.StartsWith(wxT("https://"))) {
++		event.Skip();
++		return;
++	}
++	event.Skip(); // Tell element not to follow link
++	wxLaunchDefaultBrowser(url);
++}
++#endif
+ 
+ 
+ /*!
+Index: boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.h
+===================================================================
+--- boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33.orig/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.h
++++ boinc-client_release-7.6-7.6.33/clientgui/NoticeListCtrl.h
+@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ public:
+     
+ ////@begin CNoticeListCtrl event handler declarations
+ 
++#if defined(wxUSE_WEBVIEW) && wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+     void OnLinkClicked( wxWebViewEvent& event );
+     void OnWebViewError( wxWebViewEvent& event );
++#else
++    void OnLinkClicked(wxHtmlLinkEvent &);
++#endif
+ 
+ ////@end CNoticeListCtrl event handler declarations
+ 
+@@ -56,7 +60,11 @@ public:
+     bool        m_bDisplayFetchingNotices;
+     bool        m_bDisplayEmptyNotice;
+ private:
++#if wxUSE_WEBVIEW
+     wxWebView*  m_browser;
++#else
++    wxHtmlWindow *m_browser;
++#endif
+     bool        m_bNeedsReloading;
+     int         m_itemCount;
+     wxString    m_noticesBody;
diff --git a/boinc-client.changes b/boinc-client.changes
index 1d97885..d793804 100644
--- a/boinc-client.changes
+++ b/boinc-client.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  8 09:38:10 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Add 0001-MGR-support-wxWidgets-without-webview.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  2 22:12:09 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/boinc-client.spec b/boinc-client.spec
index a3a4e57..b73a132 100644
--- a/boinc-client.spec
+++ b/boinc-client.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Patch1:         boinc-guirpcauth.patch
 Patch2:         boinc-docbook2x.patch
 Patch3:         0001-Fix-1530-null-pointer-dereference.patch
 Patch4:         xlocale.patch
+Patch5:         0001-MGR-support-wxWidgets-without-webview.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 #
 BuildRequires:  Mesa-devel
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ This package contains documentation files for the BOINC client.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}_release-7.6-%{version} -D -a 1
-%patch -P 1 -P 2 -P 3 -P 4 -p1
+%patch -P 1 -P 2 -P 3 -P 4 -P 5 -p1
 
 %build
 # Install user hints