diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
index cca2abb6e0..70c70ddf96 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def refresh(self, row):
             lines = comments.splitlines()
             lines = [x if x.strip() else '<br><br>' for x in lines]
             comments = '\n'.join(lines)
-        self.comments.setText('<div>%s</div>' % comments)
+        self.comments.setHtml('<div>%s</div>' % comments)
         cdata = info.pop('cover', '')
         self.cover_pixmap = QPixmap.fromImage(cdata)
         self.resize_cover()
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
index 18c4f8a7c8..d9ff87bcdd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/book_info.ui
@@ -49,7 +49,19 @@
        </property>
        <layout class="QGridLayout">
         <item row="0" column="0">
-         <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="comments"/>
+         <widget class="QWebView" name="comments">
+          <property name="maximumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>350</width>
+            <height>16777215</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="url">
+           <url>
+            <string>about:blank</string>
+           </url>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </widget>
@@ -91,6 +103,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>QWebView</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>QtWebKit/QWebView</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../../../../resources/images.qrc"/>
  </resources>