--- a/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Apr 21 11:54:21 2016 -0400
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Apr 21 11:55:36 2016 -0400
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@
 
 option(NOVERSIONINFOUPDATE "Disable update of version_info.txt. To be used if source is in a git/repo that is NOT the hedgewars repo" OFF)
 
+
+if(BUILD_ENGINE_JS)
+    if(NOT CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing emscripten toolchain file\nRerun cmake with -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules/Platform/Emscripten.cmake")
+    endif()
+
+    set(BUILD_ENGINE_C ON CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(NOAUTOUPDATE ON CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(PHYSFS_SYSTEM OFF CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(LUA_SYSTEM OFF CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(NOVIDEOREC ON CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(NOSERVER ON CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(GL2 ON CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE STRING "Required for BUILD_ENGINE_JS" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 #system paths for finding required fonts (see share/hedgewars/Data/fonts)
 #subdirectories will NOT be searched.
 #all fonts that can't be found will be bundled with hedgewars
@@ -91,7 +107,10 @@
 
 
 #perform safe check that enable/disable compilation features
-include(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/compilerchecks.cmake)
+#skip when crosscompiling to javascript
+if(NOT BUILD_ENGINE_JS)
+    include(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/compilerchecks.cmake)
+endif()
 
 #set default compiler flags
 add_flag_append(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -pipe")
@@ -136,7 +155,7 @@
 
 
 #build engine without freepascal
-if(BUILD_ENGINE_C)
+if(BUILD_ENGINE_C AND NOT BUILD_ENGINE_JS)
     find_package(Clang REQUIRED)
 
     if(${CLANG_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.0")
@@ -226,9 +245,6 @@
 else()
     #main pascal engine
     add_subdirectory(hedgewars)
-    if(BUILD_ENGINE_JS)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "This option needs BUILD_ENGINE_C to be set")
-    endif()
 endif()
 
 #Android related build scripts
@@ -236,9 +252,13 @@
 if(ANDROID)
     add_subdirectory(project_files/Android-build)
 else(ANDROID)
+    #skip frontend for javascript
+    if(NOT BUILD_ENGINE_JS)
+        add_subdirectory(QTfrontend)
+        add_subdirectory(share)
+    endif()
+
     add_subdirectory(bin)
-    add_subdirectory(QTfrontend)
-    add_subdirectory(share)
     add_subdirectory(tools)
 endif(ANDROID)