diff --git a/Makefile.emscripten b/Makefile.emscripten
index ffb1f9e9fc..c935759ab1 100644
--- a/Makefile.emscripten
+++ b/Makefile.emscripten
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PTHREAD = 0
 OS = Emscripten
 OBJ :=
 DEFINES := -DRARCH_INTERNAL -DHAVE_MAIN -s USE_PTHREADS=$(PTHREAD)
-DEFINES += -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_FILTERS_BUILTIN
+DEFINES += -DHAVE_OPENGL -DHAVE_OPENGLES -DHAVE_OPENGLES2 -DHAVE_GLSL -DHAVE_FILTERS_BUILTIN -DHAVE_STB_FONT
 
 HAVE_OVERLAY = 1
 HAVE_CC_RESAMPLER = 1
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ HAVE_SHADERPIPELINE = 1
 HAVE_STATIC_VIDEO_FILTERS = 1
 HAVE_STATIC_AUDIO_FILTERS = 1
 MEMORY = 536870912
+HAVE_STB_FONT = 1
 
 PRECISE_F32 = 1
 
diff --git a/gfx/font_driver.c b/gfx/font_driver.c
index 42303d211c..07ce2dd93c 100644
--- a/gfx/font_driver.c
+++ b/gfx/font_driver.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static const font_renderer_driver_t *font_backends[] = {
    &coretext_font_renderer,
 #endif
 #ifdef HAVE_STB_FONT
-#if defined(VITA) || defined(WIIU) || defined(ANDROID) || defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER > 1400) || defined(__CELLOS_LV2__) || defined(HAVE_LIBNX)
+#if defined(VITA) || defined(WIIU) || defined(ANDROID) || defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && !defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_XBOX) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER > 1400) || defined(__CELLOS_LV2__) || defined(HAVE_LIBNX) || defined (HAVE_EMSCRIPTEN)
    &stb_unicode_font_renderer,
 #else
    &stb_font_renderer,