diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d022fbaf27..d35db68589 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -597,9 +597,9 @@ ifeq ($(REBUILD_UI),true)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(host_os),darwin)
- UI_SOURCES := $(shell find -E ui -type f -iregex '.*(qmldir|qml|qrc)$$' -not -iname 'resources.qrc')
+ UI_SOURCES := $(shell find -E ui -type f -iregex '.*(qmldir|qml|qrc|js)$$' -not -iname 'resources.qrc')
 else
- UI_SOURCES := $(shell find ui -type f -regextype egrep -iregex '.*(qmldir|qml|qrc)$$' -not -iname 'resources.qrc')
+ UI_SOURCES := $(shell find ui -type f -regextype egrep -iregex '.*(qmldir|qml|qrc|js)$$' -not -iname 'resources.qrc')
 endif
 
 UI_RESOURCES := resources.rcc
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/js/webengine_runtime_guard.js b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/js/webengine_runtime_guard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..841e44cff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/js/webengine_runtime_guard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Status does not implement Chrome extensions. Prevent page access to the
+// Chrome extension messaging API from causing crashes in QtWebEngine.
+if (window.chrome && window.chrome.runtime) {
+    window.chrome.runtime.sendMessage = undefined;
+    window.chrome.runtime.connect = undefined;
+}
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/qml/BrowserConfig.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/qml/BrowserConfig.qml
index b1306765b7..0fc66df26f 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/qml/BrowserConfig.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Browser/provider/qml/BrowserConfig.qml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ QtObject {
     property string httpUserAgent: ""
 
     readonly property var scriptPaths: root.featureEnabled ? [
+        { path: Qt.resolvedUrl("../js/webengine_runtime_guard.js"), runOnSubFrames: true },
         { path: Qt.resolvedUrl("../js/qwebchannel.js"), runOnSubFrames: true },
         { path: Qt.resolvedUrl("../js/ethereum_wrapper.js"), runOnSubFrames: true },
         { path: Qt.resolvedUrl("../js/eip6963_announcer.js"), runOnSubFrames: false },