diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index c88d41ce2..bcc4af868 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import "./libs/textEncoding.js";
 import { jsPDF } from "./jspdf.js";
 export * from "./jspdf.js";
 
diff --git a/src/libs/textEncoding.js b/src/libs/textEncoding.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e78a2052c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/textEncoding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { globalObject as global } from "./globalObject.js";
+
+var bufferAvailable = typeof global.Buffer !== "undefined";
+
+if (typeof global.TextEncoder === "undefined" && bufferAvailable) {
+  class JsPDFTextEncoder {
+    encode(input) {
+      if (input === void 0) {
+        input = "";
+      }
+      return Buffer.from(String(input), "utf-8");
+    }
+  }
+
+  global.TextEncoder = JsPDFTextEncoder;
+}
+
+if (typeof global.TextDecoder === "undefined" && bufferAvailable) {
+  class JsPDFTextDecoder {
+    constructor(encoding) {
+      this.encoding = encoding || "utf-8";
+    }
+
+    decode(input) {
+      if (input == null) {
+        return "";
+      }
+
+      var buffer;
+
+      if (Buffer.isBuffer(input)) {
+        buffer = input;
+      } else if (input instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+        buffer = Buffer.from(input);
+      } else if (ArrayBuffer.isView(input)) {
+        buffer = Buffer.from(input.buffer, input.byteOffset, input.byteLength);
+      } else if (Array.isArray(input)) {
+        buffer = Buffer.from(input);
+      } else {
+        throw new TypeError(
+          "The provided value is not of type '(ArrayBuffer or ArrayBufferView)'"
+        );
+      }
+
+      return buffer.toString(this.encoding);
+    }
+  }
+
+  global.TextDecoder = JsPDFTextDecoder;
+}
diff --git a/src/polyfills.js b/src/polyfills.js
index 017b29b83..76fc2cab2 100644
--- a/src/polyfills.js
+++ b/src/polyfills.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import "core-js/es/typed-array/reduce";
 import "./libs/Blob";
 
 import { globalObject as global } from "./libs/globalObject.js";
+import "./libs/textEncoding.js";
 
 var b64 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
 
diff --git a/test/specs/textEncodingFallback.spec.js b/test/specs/textEncodingFallback.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d01a5b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/textEncodingFallback.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+describe("TextEncoder/TextDecoder fallback", function() {
+  var originalTextEncoder;
+  var originalTextDecoder;
+  var modulePath;
+
+  beforeAll(function() {
+    originalTextEncoder = global.TextEncoder;
+    originalTextDecoder = global.TextDecoder;
+    modulePath = require.resolve("../../dist/jspdf.node.js");
+  });
+
+  afterAll(function() {
+    if (modulePath) {
+      delete require.cache[modulePath];
+    }
+    global.TextEncoder = originalTextEncoder;
+    global.TextDecoder = originalTextDecoder;
+    if (typeof loadGlobals === "function") {
+      loadGlobals();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("provides polyfills when globals are missing", function() {
+    delete require.cache[modulePath];
+
+    delete global.TextEncoder;
+    delete global.TextDecoder;
+
+    var jsPDFModule = require(modulePath);
+
+    expect(typeof global.TextEncoder).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof global.TextDecoder).toBe("function");
+
+    var encoder = new global.TextEncoder();
+    var decoder = new global.TextDecoder();
+    var sample = "jsPDF";
+    var encoded = encoder.encode(sample);
+
+    expect(
+      encoded instanceof Uint8Array || Buffer.isBuffer(encoded)
+    ).toBeTrue();
+    expect(decoder.decode(encoded)).toBe(sample);
+
+    // ensure jsPDF module still exports expected API
+    expect(typeof jsPDFModule.jsPDF).toBe("function");
+  });
+});