diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webengineelem.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webengineelem.py
index 36f4e0e64..b3bdd8016 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webengineelem.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webengine/webengineelem.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QRect, Qt, QPoint
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QMouseEvent
 
-from qutebrowser.utils import log, javascript
+from qutebrowser.utils import log, javascript, qtutils
 from qutebrowser.browser import webelem
 
 
@@ -159,11 +159,15 @@ class WebEngineElement(webelem.AbstractWebElement):
         # because it was added in Qt 5.6, but we can be sure we use that with
         # QtWebEngine.
         # pylint: disable=no-member
-        ev = QMouseEvent(QMouseEvent.MouseButtonPress, QPoint(0, 0),
-                         QPoint(0, 0), QPoint(0, 0), Qt.NoButton, Qt.NoButton,
-                         Qt.NoModifier, Qt.MouseEventSynthesizedBySystem)
-        # pylint: enable=no-member
-        self._tab.send_event(ev)
+        # This also seems to break stuff on Qt 5.6 for some reason...
+        if qtutils.version_check('5.7'):
+            ev = QMouseEvent(QMouseEvent.MouseButtonPress, QPoint(0, 0),
+                             QPoint(0, 0), QPoint(0, 0), Qt.NoButton,
+                             Qt.NoButton, Qt.NoModifier,
+                             Qt.MouseEventSynthesizedBySystem)
+            # pylint: enable=no-member
+            self._tab.send_event(ev)
+
         # This actually "clicks" the element by calling focus() on it in JS.
         js_code = javascript.assemble('webelem', 'focus', self._id)
         self._tab.run_js_async(js_code)