diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcc6994..9bbe01f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 <!-- - Create Github release with updated links from `doc/links.md` -->
 <!-- - `bb gh-pages` -->
 
+- [#95](https://github.com/babashka/scittle/issues/121): support string requires of `globalThis` js deps ([@chr15m](https://github.com/chr15m))
+
 ## v0.7.26 (2025-08-20)
 
 - [#121](https://github.com/babashka/scittle/issues/121): add `cjohansen/dataspex` plugin ([@jeroenvandijk](https://github.com/jeroenvandijk))
diff --git a/src/scittle/core.cljs b/src/scittle/core.cljs
index 6ba88ad..6a7ac60 100644
--- a/src/scittle/core.cljs
+++ b/src/scittle/core.cljs
@@ -53,13 +53,19 @@
    'sci.core {'stacktrace sci/stacktrace
               'format-stacktrace sci/format-stacktrace}})
 
+(defn load-fn [{:keys [ctx] :as opts}]
+  (when-let [lib (and (string? (:namespace opts))
+                      (gobject/get js/globalThis (:namespace opts)))]
+    (sci/add-js-lib! ctx (:namespace opts) lib)))
+
 (store/reset-ctx!
   (sci/init {:namespaces namespaces
              :classes {'js js/globalThis
                        :allow :all
                        'Math js/Math}
              :ns-aliases {'clojure.pprint 'cljs.pprint}
-             :features #{:scittle :cljs}}))
+             :features #{:scittle :cljs}
+             :load-fn load-fn}))
 
 (unchecked-set js/globalThis "import" (js/eval "(x) => import(x)"))