diff --git a/js/portalHelper/main.js b/js/portalHelper/main.js
index daaefa886..25f866281 100644
--- a/js/portalHelper/main.js
+++ b/js/portalHelper/main.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* exported main */
 imports.gi.versions.Gtk = '3.0';
+imports.gi.versions.Soup = '2.4';
 
 const Format = imports.format;
 const Gettext = imports.gettext;
diff --git a/js/ui/environment.js b/js/ui/environment.js
index fa3d490a5..29d0849f1 100644
--- a/js/ui/environment.js
+++ b/js/ui/environment.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ imports.gi.versions.Clutter = Config.LIBMUTTER_API_VERSION;
 imports.gi.versions.Gio = '2.0';
 imports.gi.versions.GdkPixbuf = '2.0';
 imports.gi.versions.Gtk = '3.0';
+imports.gi.versions.Soup = '2.4';
 imports.gi.versions.TelepathyGLib = '0.12';
 imports.gi.versions.TelepathyLogger = '0.2';