diff --git a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
index 2406e4db9e..a380ed39ca 100644
--- a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
+++ b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.cpp
@@ -241,12 +241,9 @@ bool WPEThreadedView::initialize(GstWpeSrc* src, GstGLContext* context, GstGLDis
             const gchar* location;
             gboolean drawBackground = TRUE;
             g_object_get(initializeContext.src, "location", &location, "draw-background", &drawBackground, nullptr);
-            if (!location)
-                g_warning("Invalid location");
-            else {
-                view.setDrawBackground(drawBackground);
+            view.setDrawBackground(drawBackground);
+            if (location)
                 view.loadUriUnlocked(location);
-            }
             g_cond_signal(&view.threading.cond);
             return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
         },
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ bool WPEThreadedView::initialize(GstWpeSrc* src, GstGLContext* context, GstGLDis
 
     g_source_unref(source);
 
-    if (initializeContext.result) {
+    if (initializeContext.result && webkit.uri) {
         GST_DEBUG("waiting load to finish");
         GMutexHolder lock(threading.ready_mutex);
         g_cond_wait(&threading.ready_cond, &threading.ready_mutex);
@@ -399,6 +396,40 @@ void WPEThreadedView::loadUri(const gchar* uri)
     g_source_unref(source);
 }
 
+void WPEThreadedView::loadData(GBytes* bytes)
+{
+    struct DataContext {
+        WPEThreadedView& view;
+        GBytes* bytes;
+    } dataContext { *this, g_bytes_ref(bytes) };
+
+    GSource* source = g_idle_source_new();
+    g_source_set_callback(source,
+        [](gpointer data) -> gboolean {
+            GST_DEBUG("on view thread");
+            auto& dataContext = *static_cast<DataContext*>(data);
+            auto& view = dataContext.view;
+            GMutexHolder lock(view.threading.mutex);
+
+            webkit_web_view_load_bytes(view.webkit.view, dataContext.bytes, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+            g_bytes_unref(dataContext.bytes);
+
+            g_cond_signal(&view.threading.cond);
+            return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
+        },
+        &dataContext, nullptr);
+    g_source_set_priority(source, WPE_GLIB_SOURCE_PRIORITY);
+
+    {
+        GMutexHolder lock(threading.mutex);
+        g_source_attach(source, glib.context);
+        g_cond_wait(&threading.cond, &threading.mutex);
+        GST_DEBUG("done");
+    }
+
+    g_source_unref(source);
+}
+
 void WPEThreadedView::setDrawBackground(gboolean drawsBackground)
 {
 #if WEBKIT_CHECK_VERSION(2, 24, 0)
diff --git a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.h b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.h
index 23f96609b0..95aea9bfc6 100644
--- a/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.h
+++ b/ext/wpe/WPEThreadedView.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 
     void resize(int width, int height);
     void loadUri(const gchar*);
+    void loadData(GBytes*);
     void setDrawBackground(gboolean);
 
     GstEGLImage* image();
diff --git a/ext/wpe/gstwpesrc.cpp b/ext/wpe/gstwpesrc.cpp
index 7b2c30ed93..98ade7fa3b 100644
--- a/ext/wpe/gstwpesrc.cpp
+++ b/ext/wpe/gstwpesrc.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ enum
 enum
 {
   SIGNAL_CONFIGURE_WEB_VIEW,
+  SIGNAL_LOAD_BYTES,
   LAST_SIGNAL
 };
 static guint gst_wpe_src_signals[LAST_SIGNAL] = { 0 };
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ struct _GstWpeSrc
   /* properties */
   gchar *location;
   gboolean draw_background;
+
+  GBytes *bytes;
 };
 
 static void gst_wpe_src_uri_handler_init (gpointer iface, gpointer data);
@@ -164,6 +167,13 @@ gst_wpe_src_gl_start (GstGLBaseSrc * base_src)
   result = src->view->initialize (src, base_src->context, base_src->display,
       GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH (&base_src->out_info),
       GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT (&base_src->out_info));
+
+  if (src->bytes != NULL) {
+    src->view->loadData (src->bytes);
+    g_bytes_unref (src->bytes);
+    src->bytes = NULL;
+  }
+
   GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (src);
   if (!result) {
     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (src, RESOURCE, FAILED,
@@ -229,6 +239,15 @@ gst_wpe_src_configure_web_view (GstWpeSrc * src, WebKitWebView * webview)
   g_value_unset (&args[1]);
 }
 
+static void
+gst_wpe_src_load_bytes (GstWpeSrc * src, GBytes * bytes)
+{
+  if (src->view && GST_STATE (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (src)) > GST_STATE_NULL)
+    src->view->loadData (bytes);
+  else
+    src->bytes = g_bytes_ref (bytes);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 gst_wpe_src_set_location (GstWpeSrc * src, const gchar * location,
     GError ** error)
@@ -485,6 +504,19 @@ gst_wpe_src_class_init (GstWpeSrcClass * klass)
       g_signal_new ("configure-web-view", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
       G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST, 0, NULL, NULL, g_cclosure_marshal_generic,
       G_TYPE_NONE, 1, G_TYPE_OBJECT);
+
+  /**
+   * GstWpeSrc::load-bytes:
+   * @src: the object which received the signal
+   * @bytes: the GBytes data to load
+   *
+   * Load the specified bytes into the internal webView.
+   */
+  gst_wpe_src_signals[SIGNAL_LOAD_BYTES] =
+      g_signal_new_class_handler ("load-bytes", G_TYPE_FROM_CLASS (klass),
+      static_cast < GSignalFlags > (G_SIGNAL_RUN_LAST | G_SIGNAL_ACTION),
+      G_CALLBACK (gst_wpe_src_load_bytes), NULL, NULL,
+      g_cclosure_marshal_generic, G_TYPE_NONE, 1, G_TYPE_BYTES);
 }
 
 static gboolean