diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
index 86f2f5b0c028..4d85c6d59e34 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
@@ -237,28 +237,28 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
 
     @Test
     fun whenViewModelNotifiedThatWebViewHasFinishedLoadingThenViewStateIsUpdated() {
-        testee.loadingFinished()
+        testee.loadingFinished(null, false, false)
         assertFalse(loadingViewState().isLoading)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun whenLoadingFinishedWithUrlThenSiteVisitedEntryAddedToLeaderboardDao() {
         testee.url.value = "http://example.com/abc"
-        testee.loadingFinished()
+        testee.loadingFinished(null, false, false)
         verify(mockNetworkLeaderboardDao).insert(SiteVisitedEntity("example.com"))
     }
 
     @Test
     fun whenLoadingFinishedWithUrlThenOmnibarTextUpdatedToMatch() {
         val exampleUrl = "http://example.com/abc"
-        testee.loadingFinished(exampleUrl)
+        testee.loadingFinished(exampleUrl, false, false)
         assertEquals(exampleUrl, omnibarViewState().omnibarText)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun whenLoadingFinishedWithQueryUrlThenOmnibarTextUpdatedToShowQuery() {
         val queryUrl = "http://duckduckgo.com?q=test"
-        testee.loadingFinished(queryUrl)
+        testee.loadingFinished(queryUrl, false, false)
         assertEquals("test", omnibarViewState().omnibarText)
     }
 
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
     fun whenLoadingFinishedWithNoUrlThenOmnibarTextUpdatedToMatch() {
         val exampleUrl = "http://example.com/abc"
         testee.urlChanged(exampleUrl)
-        testee.loadingFinished(null)
+        testee.loadingFinished(null, false, false)
         assertEquals(exampleUrl, omnibarViewState().omnibarText)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun whenLoadingFinishedWithNoUrlThenSiteVisitedEntryNotAddedToLeaderboardDao() {
-        testee.loadingFinished()
+        testee.loadingFinished(null, false, false)
         verify(mockNetworkLeaderboardDao, never()).insert(SiteVisitedEntity("example.com"))
     }
 
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
 
     @Test
     fun whenViewModelGetsProgressUpdateThenViewStateIsUpdated() {
-        testee.progressChanged(0)
+        testee.progressChanged(0, false, false)
         assertEquals(0, loadingViewState().progress)
 
-        testee.progressChanged(50)
+        testee.progressChanged(50, false, false)
         assertEquals(50, loadingViewState().progress)
 
-        testee.progressChanged(100)
+        testee.progressChanged(100, false, false)
         assertEquals(100, loadingViewState().progress)
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserChromeClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserChromeClient.kt
index 393099ed73a8..cc0664158be0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserChromeClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserChromeClient.kt
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ class BrowserChromeClient @Inject constructor() : WebChromeClient() {
         customView = null
     }
 
-    override fun onProgressChanged(view: WebView, newProgress: Int) {
-        webViewClientListener?.progressChanged(newProgress)
+    override fun onProgressChanged(webView: WebView, newProgress: Int) {
+        val canGoBack = webView.canGoBack()
+        val canGoForward = webView.canGoForward()
+        webViewClientListener?.progressChanged(newProgress, canGoBack, canGoForward)
     }
 
     override fun onReceivedTitle(view: WebView, title: String) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
index 1d2bf409e5af..36d7e5074dbc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabFragment.kt
@@ -817,8 +817,8 @@ class BrowserTabFragment : Fragment(), FindListener {
 
         private fun renderPopupMenus(browserShowing: Boolean, viewState: BrowserViewState) {
             popupMenu.contentView.apply {
-                backPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing && webView?.canGoBack() ?: false
-                forwardPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing && webView?.canGoForward() ?: false
+                backPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing && viewState.canGoBack
+                forwardPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing && viewState.canGoForward
                 refreshPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing
                 newTabPopupMenuItem.isEnabled = browserShowing
                 addBookmarksPopupMenuItem?.isEnabled = viewState.canAddBookmarks
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
index 7012fd550e27..8222634d09a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
         val showFireButton: Boolean = true,
         val showMenuButton: Boolean = true,
         val canSharePage: Boolean = false,
-        val canAddBookmarks: Boolean = false
+        val canAddBookmarks: Boolean = false,
+        val canGoBack: Boolean = false,
+        val canGoForward: Boolean = false
     )
 
     data class OmnibarViewState(
@@ -244,11 +246,12 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
         autoCompleteViewState.value = AutoCompleteViewState(false)
     }
 
-    override fun progressChanged(newProgress: Int) {
+    override fun progressChanged(newProgress: Int, canGoBack: Boolean, canGoForward: Boolean) {
         Timber.v("Loading in progress $newProgress")
 
         val progress = currentLoadingViewState()
         loadingViewState.value = progress.copy(progress = newProgress)
+        browserViewState.value = currentBrowserViewState().copy(canGoBack = canGoBack, canGoForward = canGoForward)
     }
 
     override fun goFullScreen(view: View) {
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
         onSiteChanged()
     }
 
-    override fun loadingFinished(url: String?) {
+    override fun loadingFinished(url: String?, canGoBack: Boolean, canGoForward: Boolean) {
         Timber.v("Loading finished")
 
         val currentOmnibarViewState = currentOmnibarViewState()
@@ -281,6 +284,7 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
 
         loadingViewState.value = currentLoadingViewState.copy(isLoading = false)
         omnibarViewState.value = currentOmnibarViewState.copy(omnibarText = omnibarText)
+        browserViewState.value = currentBrowserViewState().copy(canGoBack = canGoBack, canGoForward = canGoForward)
         registerSiteVisit()
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserWebViewClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserWebViewClient.kt
index 47a71f11287f..81473f8631cb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserWebViewClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserWebViewClient.kt
@@ -75,14 +75,17 @@ class BrowserWebViewClient @Inject constructor(
         }
     }
 
-    override fun onPageStarted(view: WebView?, url: String?, favicon: Bitmap?) {
+    override fun onPageStarted(webView: WebView, url: String?, favicon: Bitmap?) {
         currentUrl = url
         webViewClientListener?.loadingStarted()
         webViewClientListener?.urlChanged(url)
     }
 
-    override fun onPageFinished(view: WebView?, url: String?) {
-        webViewClientListener?.loadingFinished(url)
+    override fun onPageFinished(webView: WebView, url: String?) {
+        val canGoBack = webView.canGoBack()
+        val canGoForward = webView.canGoForward()
+
+        webViewClientListener?.loadingFinished(url, canGoBack, canGoForward)
     }
 
     @WorkerThread
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewClientListener.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewClientListener.kt
index 46a46b597070..a776e65ed6ea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewClientListener.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/WebViewClientListener.kt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import com.duckduckgo.app.trackerdetection.model.TrackingEvent
 
 interface WebViewClientListener {
     fun loadingStarted()
-    fun loadingFinished(url: String? = null)
-    fun progressChanged(newProgress: Int)
+    fun loadingFinished(url: String? = null, canGoBack: Boolean, canGoForward: Boolean)
+    fun progressChanged(newProgress: Int, canGoBack: Boolean, canGoForward: Boolean)
     fun titleReceived(title: String)
     fun urlChanged(url: String?)
     fun trackerDetected(event: TrackingEvent)