diff --git a/configs/meson/emscripten.txt b/configs/meson/emscripten.txt
index 4230e88005..56c39763bb 100644
--- a/configs/meson/emscripten.txt
+++ b/configs/meson/emscripten.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ objc_args = ['-pthread']
 # configuration so explicitly add the flag here.
 c_link_args = ['-pthread','-sASYNCIFY=1','-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD=1','-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM','-sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH','-sTOTAL_MEMORY=2GB','-sWASM_BIGINT','-sEXPORT_ES6=1','-sASYNCIFY_IMPORTS=ffi_call_js','-sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=addFunction,removeFunction,TTY,FS']
 cpp_link_args = ['-pthread','-sASYNCIFY=1','-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD=1','-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM','-sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH','-sTOTAL_MEMORY=2GB','-sWASM_BIGINT','-sEXPORT_ES6=1','-sASYNCIFY_IMPORTS=ffi_call_js','-sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=addFunction,removeFunction,TTY,FS']
+
+[project options]
+# Workaround for failure to find glib-2.0 when building idef parser,
+# this may be a bug in the cross-build setup used by emscripten:
+hexagon_idef_parser = false