diff --git a/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda_build_config.yaml
index ea2ce3fa1..44329efad 100644
--- a/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ poco:
 poppler:
   - '22.01'
 proj:
-  - 8.2.0
+  - 9.4.1
 pybind11_abi:
   - 4
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/build.sh b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/build.sh
index aaf1647f4..925938bda 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/build.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ emcmake cmake .. -GNinja \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX \
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
-      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+      -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
+      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
 
 ninja
 ninja install
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/recipe.yaml
index dcc22fc28..d751097cc 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/libtiff/recipe.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ source:
   sha256: c7a1d9296649233979fa3eacffef3fa024d73d05d589cb622727b5b08c423464
 
 build:
-  number: 0
+  number: 1
   # Does a very good job of maintaining compatibility.
   #    https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/libtiff/
   # run_exports:
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/build.sh b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/build.sh
index 4ea063ded..0f4fedc7d 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mkdir -p build
 
 cd build
 
-export LIBS=${BUILD_PREFIX}/include
+
 
 # to build without curl we need to disable projsync too
 emcmake cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} .. \
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ emcmake cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} .. \
       -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
       -DENABLE_CURL=OFF \
       -DBUILD_PROJSYNC=OFF \
-      -DSQLite3_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBS} \
-      -DSQLite3_LIBRARY=${LIBS} \
-      -DTIFF_INCLUDE_DIR=${LIBS} \
-      -DTIFF_LIBRARY=${LIBS} \
+      -DSQLite3_INCLUDE_DIR=$PREFIX/include \
+      -DSQLite3_LIBRARY=$PREFIX/lib/libsqlite3.a \
+      -DTIFF_INCLUDE_DIR=$PREFIX/include \
+      -DTIFF_LIBRARY=$PREFIX/lib/libtiff.a \
+      -DCMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE=${RECIPE_DIR}/overwriteProp.cmake \
+      -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
 
 emmake make -j${CPU_COUNT} #${VERBOSE_CM}
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/overwriteProp.cmake b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/overwriteProp.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2e14b337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/overwriteProp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY TARGET_SUPPORTS_SHARED_LIBS TRUE) # does not need to be global :)
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_C_FLAGS "-s SIDE_MODULE=1")
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_CXX_FLAGS "-s SIDE_MODULE=1")
+set(CMAKE_STRIP FALSE)  # used by default in pybind11 on .so modules # only for needed when using pybind11
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/recipe.yaml
index b777032c0..c7f155207 100644
--- a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/proj/recipe.yaml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ requirements:
     - make 
     - ${{ compiler('c') }}
     - ${{ compiler('cxx') }}
-    - sqlitecpp
-    - libtiff
     - requests     
   host:
     - sqlitecpp
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ requirements:
 tests:
   - script:
     - test -f ${PREFIX}/include/proj.h
-    - test -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libproj.a
 
 about:
   homepage: https://proj.org/
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/build.sh b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f163116b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# override the wasm-ld command to a wrapper 
+# otherwise -R gets passed as flag
+alias emcc=$PWD"/wasm-ld-wrapper.sh"
+
+# # the binary is needed ....
+# cp $BUILD_PREFIX/bin/proj $PREFIX/bin/proj
+export PROJ_DIR=$PREFIX
+
+# if version is not set, the python build script
+# tries to call the proj binary to get the version
+export PROJ_VERSION="9.4.1"
+
+${PYTHON} -m pip install -vv .
+
+
+# rm $PREFIX/bin/proj
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/recipe.yaml b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/recipe.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73231af25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/recipe.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+context:
+  name: pyproj
+  version: 3.6.1
+
+package:
+  name: ${{ name }}
+  version: ${{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/p/pyproj/pyproj-${{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: 44aa7c704c2b7d8fb3d483bbf75af6cb2350d30a63b144279a09b75fead501bf
+
+build:
+  number: 0
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python                                
+    - cross-python_${{ target_platform }}    
+    - cython                         
+    - ${{ compiler('c') }}
+  host:
+    - python
+    - pip
+    - proj
+  run:
+    - python
+    - proj
+    - certifi
+
+about:
+  homepage: https://github.com/pyproj4/pyproj
+  license: MIT
+  license_file:
+    - LICENSE
+    - LICENSE_proj
+  summary: Python interface to PROJ library
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - KGB99
diff --git a/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/wasm-ld-wrapper.sh b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/wasm-ld-wrapper.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f02ea4cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/recipes_emscripten/pyproj/wasm-ld-wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Using wasm-ld wrapper..."
+
+# Filter out the -R flags from the arguments
+filtered_args=()
+skip_next=false
+
+for arg in "$@"; do
+    if [ "$skip_next" = true ]; then
+        skip_next=false
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    case "$arg" in
+        -R)
+            skip_next=true
+            ;;
+        *)
+            filtered_args+=("$arg")
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Call the actual wasm-ld command with the filtered arguments
+emcc "${filtered_args[@]}"