diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f49480f..d2336a20 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ unset(LIB_SUFFIX CACHE)
 if(EMSCRIPTEN)
   option(LUA_USE_RELATIVE_LOADLIB OFF)
   option(LUA_USE_ULONGJMP OFF)
+  option(LUA_USE_POPEN OFF)
   add_subdirectory(deps/lua lua)
   set_target_properties(lua luac liblua liblua_static PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL 1)
   include_directories(deps/lua/src ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lua)