diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b62191a8d..59bfdd6a0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
         name: Install dependencies
         command: |
           apt-get update
-          apt-get install -y cmake xvfb valac libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libgcr-3-dev libpeas-dev libsqlite3-dev intltool libxml2-utils
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends cmake xvfb valac libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libgcr-3-dev libpeas-dev libsqlite3-dev intltool libxml2-utils gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools
     - run:
         name: Build
         command: |
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b12a05a9f..130076872 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ set(CORE_USER_AGENT "Mozilla/5.0 ${CORE_OS} ${CORE_ENGINE} Midori/6")
 
 configure_file(config.h.in config.h @ONLY)
 
+# Check for required GStreamer codecs
+find_program (GST_INSPECT_BIN gst-inspect-1.0)
+if (NOT GST_INSPECT_BIN)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "gst-inspect-1.0 not found")
+endif ()
+foreach (PLUGIN avmux_mp4 h264parse aacparse webmmux matroskaparse theoraparse)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${GST_INSPECT_BIN} --exists ${PLUGIN}
+                    RESULT_VARIABLE PLUGIN_FOUND
+                    )
+    if (${PLUGIN_FOUND})
+        list(APPEND PLUGIN_ERRORS " ${PLUGIN}")
+    endif ()
+endforeach ()
+if (PLUGIN_ERRORS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Required GStreamer plugins missing:\n  " ${PLUGIN_ERRORS})
+endif ()
+
 # CMake provides no uninstall target by design
 add_custom_target (uninstall
     COMMAND "xargs" "rm" "-v" "<" "install_manifest.txt")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 251bd4186..da121c963 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ you can install the **latest stable** version of Midori
 
 Install dependencies on Ubuntu or Debian based distros:
 
-    sudo apt install valac libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libgcr-3-dev libpeas-dev libsqlite3-dev intltool libxml2-utils
+    sudo apt install cmake xvfb valac libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libsoup-gnome2.4-dev libgcr-3-dev libpeas-dev libsqlite3-dev intltool libxml2-utils gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-tools
 
 Use CMake to build Midori:
 
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index a34b715c5..c88ccf665 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ parts:
       - intltool
       - ninja-build
       - libxml2-utils # xmllint
+      - gstreamer1.0-tools
     stage-packages:
       - libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
       - libgcr-base-3-1