diff --git a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
index 42e84436e..2a0a49593 100644
--- a/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/opensearch/searchenginesmanager.cpp
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ LoadRequest SearchEnginesManager::searchResult(const Engine &engine, const QStri
     data.replace("%s", QUrl::toPercentEncoding(string));
 
     QNetworkRequest req(QUrl::fromEncoded(engine.url.toUtf8()));
-    req.setHeader(QNetworkRequest::ContentTypeHeader, QByteArray("application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
-
     return LoadRequest(req, LoadRequest::PostOperation, data);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp b/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
index 29b3fa9ab..5b3d4e410 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/tools/scripts.cpp
@@ -19,20 +19,7 @@
 #include "scripts.h"
 #include "qztools.h"
 
-QString Scripts::setCss(const QString &css)
-{
-    static QString source = QL1S("(function() {"
-                                 "var css = document.createElement('style');"
-                                 "css.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');"
-                                 "css.appendChild(document.createTextNode('%1'));"
-                                 "document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(css);"
-                                 "})()");
-
-    QString style = css;
-    style.replace(QL1S("'"), QL1S("\\'"));
-    style.replace(QL1S("\n"), QL1S("\\n"));
-    return source.arg(style);
-}
+#include <QUrlQuery>
 
 QString Scripts::setupWebChannel()
 {
@@ -49,3 +36,49 @@ QString Scripts::setupWebChannel()
 
     return source.arg(QzTools::readAllFileContents(QSL(":/html/qwebchannel.js")));
 }
+
+QString Scripts::setCss(const QString &css)
+{
+    QString source = QL1S("(function() {"
+                          "var css = document.createElement('style');"
+                          "css.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');"
+                          "css.appendChild(document.createTextNode('%1'));"
+                          "document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(css);"
+                          "})()");
+
+    QString style = css;
+    style.replace(QL1S("'"), QL1S("\\'"));
+    style.replace(QL1S("\n"), QL1S("\\n"));
+    return source.arg(style);
+}
+
+QString Scripts::sendPostData(const QUrl &url, const QByteArray &data)
+{
+    QString source = QL1S("(function() {"
+                          "var form = document.createElement('form');"
+                          "form.setAttribute('method', 'POST');"
+                          "form.setAttribute('action', '%1');"
+                          "var val;"
+                          "%2"
+                          "form.submit();"
+                          "})()");
+
+    QString valueSource = QL1S("val = document.createElement('input');"
+                               "val.setAttribute('type', 'hidden');"
+                               "val.setAttribute('name', '%1');"
+                               "val.setAttribute('value', '%2');"
+                               "form.appendChild(val);");
+
+    QString values;
+    QUrlQuery query(data);
+
+    for (const QPair<QString, QString> &pair : query.queryItems(QUrl::FullyDecoded)) {
+        QString value = pair.first;
+        QString key = pair.second;
+        value.replace(QL1S("'"), QL1S("\\'"));
+        key.replace(QL1S("'"), QL1S("\\'"));
+        values.append(valueSource.arg(value, key));
+    }
+
+    return source.arg(url.toString(), values);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/tools/scripts.h b/src/lib/tools/scripts.h
index 76bd34808..c83c41f33 100644
--- a/src/lib/tools/scripts.h
+++ b/src/lib/tools/scripts.h
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ class QWebEngineView;
 class QUPZILLA_EXPORT Scripts
 {
 public:
-    static QString setCss(const QString &css);
     static QString setupWebChannel();
+    static QString setCss(const QString &css);
+    static QString sendPostData(const QUrl &url, const QByteArray &data);
 };
 
 #endif // SCRIPTS_H
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp b/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
index 86822646c..928110d22 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webview.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "enhancedmenu.h"
 #include "locationbar.h"
 #include "webinspector.h"
+#include "scripts.h"
 
 #ifdef USE_HUNSPELL
 #include "qtwebkit/spellcheck/speller.h"
@@ -1602,14 +1603,10 @@ void WebView::loadRequest(const LoadRequest &req)
 {
     m_aboutToLoadUrl = req.url();
 
-#if QTWEBENGINE_DISABLED
     if (req.operation() == LoadRequest::GetOperation)
-        QWebEngineView::load(req.networkRequest());
+        load(req.url());
     else
-        QWebEngineView::load(req.networkRequest(), QNetworkAccessManager::PostOperation, req.data());
-#else
-    load(req.url());
-#endif
+        m_page->runJavaScript(Scripts::sendPostData(req.url(), req.data()));
 }
 
 bool WebView::eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event)