diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch
index 18ddb645ad..0cf1498b92 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/webkitgtk-adjust-bubblewrap-paths.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
 Share /gnu/store in the BubbleWrap container and remove FHS mounts.
+Also share locale and dri directories (user and system.)
 
 This is a Guix-specific patch not meant to be upstreamed.
 diff --git a/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp b/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp
-index f0a5e4b05dff..88b11f806968 100644
+index 99395d6..3604730 100644
 --- a/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp
 +++ b/Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp
-@@ -854,27 +854,12 @@ GRefPtr<GSubprocess> bubblewrapSpawn(GSubprocessLauncher* launcher, const Proces
+@@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ GRefPtr<GSubprocess> bubblewrapSpawn(GSubprocessLauncher* launcher, const Proces
+         return adoptGRef(g_subprocess_launcher_spawnv(launcher, argv, error));
+ 
+     const char* runDir = g_get_user_runtime_dir();
++    const char* homeDir = g_get_home_dir();
++    char* userDriDir = g_strconcat(homeDir, "/.guix-profile/lib/dri", NULL);
++    char* userLocaleDir = g_strconcat(homeDir, "/.guix-profile/share/locale", NULL);
+     Vector<CString> sandboxArgs = {
+         "--die-with-parent",
+         "--unshare-uts",
+@@ -786,28 +788,28 @@ GRefPtr<GSubprocess> bubblewrapSpawn(GSubprocessLauncher* launcher, const Proces
          "--ro-bind", "/sys/dev", "/sys/dev",
          "--ro-bind", "/sys/devices", "/sys/devices",
  
@@ -33,6 +44,22 @@ index f0a5e4b05dff..88b11f806968 100644
 +
 +        // Bind mount the store inside the WebKitGTK sandbox.
 +        "--ro-bind", "@storedir@", "@storedir@",
++
++        // Bind mount the locales in profile
++        "--ro-bind-try", userLocaleDir, userLocaleDir,
++
++        // Bind mount the dri dir in profile
++        "--ro-bind-try", userDriDir, userDriDir,
++
++        // This is needed for locales if not in profile
++        "--ro-bind-try", "@localedir@", "@localedir@",
++
++        // This is needed for video hardware acceleration (va-api)
++        // via /lib/dri if not in profile
++        "--ro-bind-try", "@dridir@", "@dridir@",
      };
++    free(userLocaleDir);
++    free(userDriDir);
  
-     if (launchOptions.processType == ProcessLauncher::ProcessType::DBusProxy) {
+     if (enableDebugPermissions()) {
+         const char* dataDir = g_get_user_data_dir();
diff --git a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
index bf24a65e83..a0d04f31d3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/webkit.scm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2019 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021, 2022, 2023 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2022, 2023 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Abhishek Cherath <abhi@quic.us>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -190,7 +191,15 @@ (define-public webkitgtk
               (let ((store-directory (%store-directory)))
                 (substitute*
                     "Source/WebKit/UIProcess/Launcher/glib/BubblewrapLauncher.cpp"
-                  (("@storedir@") store-directory)))))
+                  (("@storedir@") store-directory)
+                  ;; this adds access to drivers for va-api
+                  ;; for hardware accelerated video
+                  (("@dridir@") "/run/current-system/profile/lib/dri")
+                  ;; this silences gtk locale errors
+                  ;; Unfortunately, simply bind mounting /run/current-system
+                  ;; does not work since it leads to weird issues
+                  ;; with symlinks that confuse bubblewrap.
+                  (("@localedir@") "/run/current-system/locale")))))
           (add-after 'unpack 'do-not-disable-new-dtags
             ;; Ensure the linker uses new dynamic tags as this is what Guix
             ;; uses and validates in the validate-runpath phase.
