1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
index 739280bbfe..929285d0fa 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmltypeloader.cpp
@@ -1755,10 +1755,14 @@ Returns a QQmlQmldirData for \a url.  The QQmlQmldirData may be cached.
 */
 QQmlRefPointer<QQmlQmldirData> QQmlTypeLoader::getQmldir(const QUrl &url)
 {
+#ifndef Q_OS_WASM
     Q_ASSERT(!url.isRelative() &&
             (QQmlFile::urlToLocalFileOrQrc(url).isEmpty() ||
              !QDir::isRelativePath(QQmlFile::urlToLocalFileOrQrc(url))));
-
+#else
+    // ###  wasm asserts on urls like "qml/QtQuick.2.1/qmldir",
+    // which are relative urls we want to load over the network.
+#endif
     LockHolder<QQmlTypeLoader> holder(this);
 
     QQmlQmldirData *qmldirData = m_qmldirCache.value(url);