diff --git a/hyphenopoly.module.js b/hyphenopoly.module.js
index ce9fd8eb..120863a2 100644
--- a/hyphenopoly.module.js
+++ b/hyphenopoly.module.js
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
  * in a browser environment (e.g. browserified)
  */
 let loader = require("fs");
+const TD = typeof TextDecoder === "undefined"
+    ? require("util").TextDecoder
+    : TextDecoder;
 
 const decode = (() => {
-    const utf16ledecoder = new TextDecoder("utf-16le");
+    const utf16ledecoder = new TD("utf-16le");
     return (ui16) => {
         return utf16ledecoder.decode(ui16);
     };