diff --git a/libs/recipes/fftw3/rules.mk b/libs/recipes/fftw3/rules.mk
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+FFTW3_VERSION = 3.3.10
+FFTW3_TARBALL = $(DOWNLOAD)/fftw-$(FFTW3_VERSION).tar.gz
+FFTW3_URL = https://www.fftw.org/fftw-$(FFTW3_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+.PHONY: fftw3
+fftw3: $(FFTW3_WASM_LIB)
+
+$(FFTW3_TARBALL):
+	mkdir -p $(DOWNLOAD)
+	wget $(FFTW3_URL) -O $@
+
+$(FFTW3_WASM_LIB): $(FFTW3_TARBALL)
+	mkdir -p $(BUILD)/fftw-$(FFTW3_VERSION)/build
+	tar -C $(BUILD) -xf $(FFTW3_TARBALL)
+	cd $(BUILD)/fftw-$(FFTW3_VERSION)/build && \
+	  emconfigure ../configure \
+	    --enable-shared=no \
+	    --enable-static=yes \
+	    --prefix=$(WASM) && \
+	  emmake make install
+
diff --git a/libs/recipes/fftw3/targets.mk b/libs/recipes/fftw3/targets.mk
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+FFTW3_WASM_LIB = $(WASM)/lib/libfftw3.a
+OPTIONAL_WASM_LIBS += $(FFTW3_WASM_LIB)