diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
index 8afb203e3f..ef58c49e73 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_emscripten.c
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ static void frontend_emscripten_get_env(int *argc, char *argv[],
          "screenshots", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.screenshot));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.thumbnails, base_path,
          "thumbnails", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.thumbnails));
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.sram, base_path,
+         "saves", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.sram));
+   fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.savestate, base_path,
+         "states", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.savestate));
+
+   /* don't use XDG for these, we don't want these to Sync to cloud storage*/
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.menu_content, "/",
          "content", sizeof(g_defaults.dir.thumbnails));
    fill_pathname_join(g_defaults.dir.assets, "/",