diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
index 0a80fdddbf9f..0e8fb1c28a30 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ pub fn target_feature_whitelist(sess: &Session)
         "hexagon" => HEXAGON_WHITELIST,
         "mips" | "mips64" => MIPS_WHITELIST,
         "powerpc" | "powerpc64" => POWERPC_WHITELIST,
-        "wasm32" => WASM_WHITELIST,
+        // wasm32 on emscripten does not support these target features
+        "wasm32" if !sess.target.target.options.is_like_emscripten => WASM_WHITELIST,
         _ => &[],
     }
 }