diff --git a/api/js/jsapi/egw.js b/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
index dab9d0518d..fb48ad14b8 100644
--- a/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
+++ b/api/js/jsapi/egw.js
@@ -441,6 +441,11 @@
 // get TypeScript modules working with our loader
 function require(_file)
 {
+	switch(_file)
+	{
+		case 'jquery':	// cropper mistakes this for commonJS (typeof exports === 'object')
+			return window.jQuery;
+	}
 	return window.exports;
 }
 var exports = {};