diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 051f86487..addde7ef5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Fixed
 - Fixed hang when using multiple spaces in a row with the URL completion
 - Fixed crash when closing a window without focusing it
 - Userscripts now can access QUTE_FIFO correctly on Windows
+- Compatibility with pdfjs v1.6.210
 
 v0.8.3 (unreleased)
 -------------------
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/pdfjs.py b/qutebrowser/browser/pdfjs.py
index 51ed2dfbe..3bc2c2dc3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/pdfjs.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/pdfjs.py
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ def _generate_pdfjs_script(url):
         url: The url of the pdf page as QUrl.
     """
     return (
-        'PDFJS.verbosity = PDFJS.VERBOSITY_LEVELS.info;\n'
-        'PDFView.open("{url}");\n'
+        'document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {{\n'
+        '  PDFJS.verbosity = PDFJS.VERBOSITY_LEVELS.info;\n'
+        '  (window.PDFView || window.PDFViewerApplication).open("{url}");\n'
+        '}});\n'
     ).format(url=javascript.string_escape(url.toString(QUrl.FullyEncoded)))
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/browser/test_pdfjs.py b/tests/unit/browser/test_pdfjs.py
index ad489bc7a..a33dae5bf 100644
--- a/tests/unit/browser/test_pdfjs.py
+++ b/tests/unit/browser/test_pdfjs.py
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ from qutebrowser.browser import pdfjs
      'http://foobar/%22);alert(%22attack!%22);'),
 ])
 def test_generate_pdfjs_script(url, expected):
-    expected_code = ('PDFJS.verbosity = PDFJS.VERBOSITY_LEVELS.info;\n'
-                     'PDFView.open("{}");\n'.format(expected))
+    expected_open = 'open("{}");'.format(expected)
     url = QUrl(url)
     actual = pdfjs._generate_pdfjs_script(url)
-    assert actual == expected_code
+    assert expected_open in actual
+    assert 'PDFView' in actual
 
 
 def test_fix_urls():