diff --git a/src/crypto/browser/crypto.ts b/src/crypto/browser/crypto.ts
index 536e252a..9792557a 100644
--- a/src/crypto/browser/crypto.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/browser/crypto.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import * as base64js from 'base64-js';
 // Not all browsers support `TextEncoder`. The following `require` will
 // provide a fast UTF8-only replacement for those browsers that don't support
 // text encoding natively.
-if (typeof TextEncoder === 'undefined') {
+if (typeof process === 'undefined' && typeof TextEncoder === 'undefined') {
   require('fast-text-encoding');
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test.crypto.ts b/test/test.crypto.ts
index 086d9b99..ee0b723f 100644
--- a/test/test.crypto.ts
+++ b/test/test.crypto.ts
@@ -73,4 +73,10 @@ describe('Node.js crypto tests', () => {
     const encodedString = crypto.encodeBase64StringUtf8(originalString);
     assert.strictEqual(encodedString, base64String);
   });
+
+  it('should not load fast-text-encoding while running in nodejs', () => {
+    const loadedModules = Object.keys(require('module')._cache);
+    const hits = loadedModules.filter(x => x.includes('fast-text-encoding'));
+    assert.strictEqual(hits.length, 0);
+  });
 });