diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 4c9b83f..c82a263 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ endif
 CMAKE += -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT=$(shell xcrun --sdk macosx --show-sdk-path)
 endif
 
+# fix emar and emranlib usage
+ifeq ($(WASM),true)
+CMAKE_AR     = $(shell which $(AR))
+CMAKE_RANLIB = $(shell which $(RANLIB))
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_AR=$(CMAKE_AR)
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_AR=$(CMAKE_AR)
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_AR=$(CMAKE_AR)
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_RANLIB=$(CMAKE_RANLIB)
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_RANLIB=$(CMAKE_RANLIB)
+CMAKE += -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_RANLIB=$(CMAKE_RANLIB)
+endif
+
 # fix cross-compilation for windows
 ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
 CMAKE += -G 'Unix Makefiles'
diff --git a/deps/PawPaw b/deps/PawPaw
index 3960c15..7ef509e 160000
--- a/deps/PawPaw
+++ b/deps/PawPaw
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3960c15767a65f20e6e541958bec8ae250bc7f71
+Subproject commit 7ef509e689656fc4cd5be814a32f54dac37af931