diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adc4a75590dc..512e45c8d7d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Moved `compas.numerical.scalafield_contours` to `compas.geometry.scalarfield_contours`.
 * Moved `compas.numerical.matrices` to `compas.topology.matrices`.
 * Moved `compas.numerical.linalg` to `compas.geometry.linalg`.
+* Changed `watchdog` dependency to be only required for platforms other than `emscripten`.
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 113566335b79..a465e191cc28 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ networkx >= 3.0
 numpy >= 1.15.4
 scipy >= 1.1
 typing_extensions
-watchdog
+watchdog; sys_platform != 'emscripten'