diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
index 717d5635f842..486be0900b16 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/rust.py
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ def _native_static_libs(self, work_dir: str, source_name: str) -> None:
                 # no match and kernel == none (i.e. baremetal) is a valid use case.
                 # return and let native_static_libs list empty
                 return
+            if self.info.system == 'emscripten':
+                # no match and emscripten is valid after rustc 1.84
+                return
             raise EnvironmentException('Failed to find native-static-libs in Rust compiler output.')
         # Exclude some well known libraries that we don't need because they
         # are always part of C/C++ linkers. Rustc probably should not print