diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js b/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
index 95753c9edffe856961ea23715c83bff2817bdb0d..2f485fe764debcd2bffb0a0d3473c4e758798fbe 100644
--- a/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/GLTFLoader.js
@@ -1088,8 +1088,14 @@ THREE.GLTFLoader = ( function () {
 
 					materialParams.emissive = new THREE.Color().fromArray( materialValues.emission );
 
+				} else if ( typeof( materialValues.emission ) === 'string' ) {
+
+					materialParams.map = dependencies.textures[ materialValues.emission ];
+
 				}
 
+				delete materialParams.emission;
+
 				if ( Array.isArray( materialValues.specular ) ) {
 
 					materialParams.specular = new THREE.Color().fromArray( materialValues.specular );