diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9ad458d..6db34f82 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ option(MINIMAL_BUILD "Build a minimal version of Falco, containing only the engi
 option(MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD "Enable if you want a musl optimized build" OFF)
 option(BUILD_FALCO_UNIT_TESTS "Build falco unit tests" OFF)
 
+if(EMSCRIPTEN)
+  set(USE_BUNDLED_DEPS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(BUILD_DRIVER OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 # gVisor is currently only supported on Linux x86_64
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR STREQUAL "x86_64" AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
   option(BUILD_FALCO_GVISOR "Build gVisor support for Falco" ON)
@@ -160,23 +165,26 @@ include(b64)
 # yaml-cpp
 include(yaml-cpp)
 
-if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
   # OpenSSL
   include(openssl)
 
   # libcurl
   include(curl)
 
+  # todo(jasondellaluce,rohith-raju): support webserver for non-linux builds too
   # cpp-httlib
   include(cpp-httplib)
 endif()
 
 include(cxxopts)
 
-# One TBB
-include(tbb)
+if (NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
+  include(tbb)
+endif()
 
-if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
+# One TBB
+if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
   include(zlib)
   include(cares)
   include(protobuf)
@@ -212,7 +220,7 @@ add_subdirectory(scripts)
 add_subdirectory(userspace/engine)
 add_subdirectory(userspace/falco)
 
-if(NOT MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD)
   include(plugins)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake b/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
index 794274cd..101ea66d 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/CPackConfig.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ set(CPACK_INSTALL_CMAKE_PROJECTS
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};${FALCO_COMPONENT_NAME};${FALCO_COMPONENT_NAME};/"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};${DRIVER_COMPONENT_NAME};${DRIVER_COMPONENT_NAME};/"
 )
-if(NOT MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD) # static builds do not have plugins
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MUSL_OPTIMIZED_BUILD) # static builds do not have plugins
   list(APPEND CPACK_INSTALL_CMAKE_PROJECTS
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR};${PLUGINS_COMPONENT_NAME};${PLUGINS_COMPONENT_NAME};/"
   )
diff --git a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
index bcd7fc18..98205096 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/userspace/falco/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if(USE_BUNDLED_DEPS)
   list(APPEND FALCO_DEPENDENCIES yamlcpp)
 endif()
 
-if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
   list(
     APPEND FALCO_SOURCES
     outputs_grpc.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
     "${CARES_INCLUDE}"
   )
 
-  if(USE_BUNDLED_GRPC)
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND USE_BUNDLED_GRPC)
     list(APPEND FALCO_DEPENDENCIES grpc)
     list(APPEND FALCO_LIBRARIES "${GRPC_LIBRARIES}")
   endif()
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ add_dependencies(falco falco_application ${FALCO_DEPENDENCIES})
 target_link_libraries(falco falco_application ${FALCO_LIBRARIES})
 target_include_directories(falco PUBLIC ${FALCO_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
 
-if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.grpc.pb.cc