diff --git a/eng/native.wasm.targets b/eng/native.wasm.targets
index 6df6de93a22b55..8b86ba9b2df243 100644
--- a/eng/native.wasm.targets
+++ b/eng/native.wasm.targets
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
       <EmccExportedFunction Include="stackAlloc" />
       <EmccExportedFunction Include="stackRestore" />
       <EmccExportedFunction Include="stackSave" />
+      <EmccExportedFunction Include="___stack_pointer" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <PropertyGroup>
       <_EmccExportedRuntimeMethods>@(EmccExportedRuntimeMethod -> '%(Identity)',',')</_EmccExportedRuntimeMethods>
diff --git a/eng/native/configureoptimization.cmake b/eng/native/configureoptimization.cmake
index 9669115fc931a4..f568203c726d3e 100644
--- a/eng/native/configureoptimization.cmake
+++ b/eng/native/configureoptimization.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ elseif(CLR_CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
     if(CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_ANDROID)
         # -O2 optimization generates faster/smaller code on Android
         add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O2>)
+    elseif (CLR_CMAKE_TARGET_BROWSER)
+        # -O2 prevents emscripten metadce from stripping user-requested global exports
+        add_link_options($<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O2>)
     else()
         add_compile_options($<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O3>)
     endif()
diff --git a/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/CMakeLists.txt
index 31d3d0acf2a69d..93909d44fe034c 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/hosts/corerun/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ else()
                 -sEXPORT_ES6=1
                 -sEXIT_RUNTIME=1
                 -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=CORERUN,ENV,${CMAKE_EMCC_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS}
-                -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=_main,___stack_pointer,${CMAKE_EMCC_EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS}
+                -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=_main,${CMAKE_EMCC_EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS}
                 -sEXPORT_NAME=createDotnetRuntime
                 -sENVIRONMENT=node,shell,web
+                -lexports.js
+                -Wl,--export=__stack_pointer
                 -Wl,--error-limit=0)
 
             if (CORERUN_IN_BROWSER)
diff --git a/src/mono/browser/build/BrowserWasmApp.CoreCLR.targets b/src/mono/browser/build/BrowserWasmApp.CoreCLR.targets
index 74d7508e710171..40b486404316fd 100644
--- a/src/mono/browser/build/BrowserWasmApp.CoreCLR.targets
+++ b/src/mono/browser/build/BrowserWasmApp.CoreCLR.targets
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@
 
       <!-- ES6 module output -->
       <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-s EXPORT_ES6=1" />
-      <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-lexports.js" />
 
       <!-- Memory configuration -->
       <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-s INITIAL_MEMORY=$(WasmInitialHeapSize)" />
@@ -598,6 +597,11 @@
       <!-- Extra user flags -->
       <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="$(EmccExtraLDFlags)" />
 
+      <!-- -lexports.js to set MINIFY_WASM_EXPORT_NAMES=0 -->
+      <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-lexports.js" />
+      <!-- Ensure the __stack_pointer global is exported -->
+      <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-Wl,--export=__stack_pointer" />
+
       <!-- Linker error limit -->
       <_EmccLinkStepArgs Include="-Wl,--error-limit=0" />
     </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/native/corehost/browserhost/CMakeLists.txt b/src/native/corehost/browserhost/CMakeLists.txt
index ebba89e8c307c8..42f72ba5c0f911 100644
--- a/src/native/corehost/browserhost/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/native/corehost/browserhost/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ target_link_options(browserhost PRIVATE
     -sEXPORT_NAME=createDotnetRuntime
     -sENVIRONMENT=web,webview,worker,node,shell
     --emit-symbol-map
+    -lexports.js
+    -Wl,--export=__stack_pointer
     -Wl,--error-limit=0)
 
 target_link_libraries(browserhost PRIVATE