diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/unix/emsdk.sh b/coin/provisioning/common/unix/emsdk.sh
index 4da763a8..6c2a0a5e 100755
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/unix/emsdk.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/unix/emsdk.sh
@@ -53,5 +53,6 @@ SetEnvVar "PATH" "\"\$PATH:${emscriptenPath}\""
 SetEnvVar "EMSCRIPTEN" "${emscriptenPath}"
 SetEnvVar "EMSDK" "${emsdkPath}"
 SetEnvVar "EMSDK_NODE" "${emsdkPath}${pathNodeExecutable}"
+SetEnvVar "EMSDK_PYTHON" "$PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE"
 
 echo "Emsdk = $version" >> ~/versions.txt
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-openSUSE-15.6-x86_64/08-pythondev.sh b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-openSUSE-15.6-x86_64/08-pythondev.sh
index 54776fdd..642aa688 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-openSUSE-15.6-x86_64/08-pythondev.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-openSUSE-15.6-x86_64/08-pythondev.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # provides: python development libraries
 # version: provided by default Linux distribution repository
-# needed to build pyside
+# needed to build pyside and emsdk for WebAssembly
 
 set -ex