diff --git a/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
index 10b6e4f7b86..16ea50bf638 100644
--- a/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/auto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ if(UIKIT)
     return()
 endif()
 
+# Only configure a single auto test for wasm for now
+# Since the linking step at this point is prohibitively long (static linking)
+if(WASM)
+    add_subdirectory(corelib/text/qchar)
+    return()
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(testlib)
 if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND QT_FEATURE_process)
      add_subdirectory(tools)