diff --git a/Makefile.envs b/Makefile.envs
index 0c74f27ae..7626b57f9 100644
--- a/Makefile.envs
+++ b/Makefile.envs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export PYODIDE_EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION ?= 2.0.15
+export PYODIDE_EMSCRIPTEN_VERSION ?= 2.0.16
 export PYODIDE_BINARYEN_VERSION ?= version_100
 
 # BASH_ENV tells bash to run pyodide_env.sh on startup, whcih sets various
diff --git a/packages/pillow/meta.yaml b/packages/pillow/meta.yaml
index 98f719edc..cddcc6cdc 100644
--- a/packages/pillow/meta.yaml
+++ b/packages/pillow/meta.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ source:
       - src/setup.cfg
       - ./setup.cfg
 build:
-  cflags: -s USE_ZLIB=1 -s USE_LIBJPEG=1 -s USE_FREETYPE=1
-  ldflags: -s USE_LIBJPEG=1 -s USE_FREETYPE=1 -ljpeg
+  cflags: -s USE_ZLIB=1 -s USE_LIBJPEG=1 -s USE_FREETYPE=1 -s SIDE_MODULE
+  ldflags: -ljpeg
 test:
   imports:
   - PIL