diff --git a/src/Text/TextRenderer.cpp b/src/Text/TextRenderer.cpp
index ad350e340..6d178c99b 100644
--- a/src/Text/TextRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/Text/TextRenderer.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ template<UnsignedInt dimensions> std::tuple<Mesh, Rectangle> TextRenderer<dimens
     return std::move(r);
 }
 
-#ifdef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
+#if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
 AbstractTextRenderer::BufferMapImplementation AbstractTextRenderer::bufferMapImplementation = &AbstractTextRenderer::bufferMapImplementationFull;
 AbstractTextRenderer::BufferUnmapImplementation AbstractTextRenderer::bufferUnmapImplementation = &AbstractTextRenderer::bufferUnmapImplementationDefault;
 
@@ -222,28 +222,37 @@ void AbstractTextRenderer::bufferUnmapImplementationSub(Buffer& buffer) {
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
+#if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) || defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
 inline void* AbstractTextRenderer::bufferMapImplementation(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length)
 #else
 void* AbstractTextRenderer::bufferMapImplementationRange(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length)
 #endif
 {
+    #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
     return buffer.map(0, length, Buffer::MapFlag::InvalidateBuffer|Buffer::MapFlag::Write);
+    #else
+    static_cast<void>(length);
+    return &buffer == &_indexBuffer ? _indexBufferData : _vertexBufferData;
+    #endif
 }
 
-#ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
+#if !defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) || defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
 inline void AbstractTextRenderer::bufferUnmapImplementation(Buffer& buffer)
 #else
 void AbstractTextRenderer::bufferUnmapImplementationDefault(Buffer& buffer)
 #endif
 {
+    #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
     buffer.unmap();
+    #else
+    buffer.setSubData(0, &buffer == &_indexBuffer ? _indexBufferData : _vertexBufferData);
+    #endif
 }
 
 AbstractTextRenderer::AbstractTextRenderer(AbstractFont& font, const GlyphCache& cache, Float size): _vertexBuffer(Buffer::Target::Array), _indexBuffer(Buffer::Target::ElementArray), font(font), cache(cache), size(size), _capacity(0) {
     #ifndef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES
     MAGNUM_ASSERT_EXTENSION_SUPPORTED(Extensions::GL::ARB::map_buffer_range);
-    #elif defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2)
+    #elif defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
     if(Context::current()->isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GL::EXT::map_buffer_range>()) {
         bufferMapImplementation = &AbstractTextRenderer::bufferMapImplementationRange;
     } else if(Context::current()->isExtensionSupported<Extensions::GL::CHROMIUM::map_sub>()) {
@@ -279,6 +288,9 @@ void AbstractTextRenderer::reserve(const uint32_t glyphCount, const Buffer::Usag
 
     /* Allocate vertex buffer, reset vertex count */
     _vertexBuffer.setData(vertexCount*sizeof(Vertex), nullptr, vertexBufferUsage);
+    #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
+    _vertexBufferData = Containers::Array<UnsignedByte>(vertexCount*sizeof(Vertex));
+    #endif
     _mesh.setVertexCount(0);
 
     /* Allocate index buffer, reset index count and reconfigure buffer binding */
@@ -295,6 +307,9 @@ void AbstractTextRenderer::reserve(const uint32_t glyphCount, const Buffer::Usag
         indicesSize = indexCount*sizeof(UnsignedInt);
     }
     _indexBuffer.setData(indicesSize, nullptr, indexBufferUsage);
+    #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
+    _indexBufferData = Containers::Array<UnsignedByte>(indicesSize);
+    #endif
     _mesh.setIndexCount(0)
         .setIndexBuffer(_indexBuffer, 0, indexType, 0, vertexCount);
 
diff --git a/src/Text/TextRenderer.h b/src/Text/TextRenderer.h
index 02c05da66..9cc2f97e4 100644
--- a/src/Text/TextRenderer.h
+++ b/src/Text/TextRenderer.h
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ class MAGNUM_TEXT_EXPORT AbstractTextRenderer {
 
         Mesh _mesh;
         Buffer _vertexBuffer, _indexBuffer;
+        #ifdef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
+        Containers::Array<UnsignedByte> _vertexBufferData, _indexBufferData;
+        #endif
 
     private:
         AbstractFont& font;
@@ -137,23 +140,33 @@ class MAGNUM_TEXT_EXPORT AbstractTextRenderer {
         UnsignedInt _capacity;
         Rectangle _rectangle;
 
-        #ifdef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
+        #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
         typedef void*(*BufferMapImplementation)(Buffer&, GLsizeiptr);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL void* bufferMapImplementationFull(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL void* bufferMapImplementationSub(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL void* bufferMapImplementationRange(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length);
         static BufferMapImplementation bufferMapImplementation;
         #else
-        static void* bufferMapImplementation(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length);
+        #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
+        static
+        #else
+        MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL
+        #endif
+        void* bufferMapImplementation(Buffer& buffer, GLsizeiptr length);
         #endif
 
-        #ifdef MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2
+        #if defined(MAGNUM_TARGET_GLES2) && !defined(CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN)
         typedef void(*BufferUnmapImplementation)(Buffer&);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL void bufferUnmapImplementationDefault(Buffer& buffer);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL void bufferUnmapImplementationSub(Buffer& buffer);
         static MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL BufferUnmapImplementation bufferUnmapImplementation;
         #else
-        static void bufferUnmapImplementation(Buffer& buffer);
+        #ifndef CORRADE_TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
+        static
+        #else
+        MAGNUM_TEXT_LOCAL
+        #endif
+        void bufferUnmapImplementation(Buffer& buffer);
         #endif
 };
 
@@ -222,6 +235,8 @@ Mutable text rendering requires @extension{ARB,map_buffer_range} on desktop
 OpenGL (also part of OpenGL ES 3.0). If neither @es_extension{EXT,map_buffer_range}
 nor @es_extension{CHROMIUM,map_sub} is not available in ES 2.0, at least
 @es_extension{OES,mapbuffer} must be supported for asynchronous buffer updates.
+There is no similar extension in WebGL, thus plain (and slow) buffer updates
+are used there.
 
 @see TextRenderer2D, TextRenderer3D, Font, Shaders::AbstractVectorShader
 */