diff --git a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
index 06810a0de35..00e8fd51873 100644
--- a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ function (qt_internal_setup_wasm_target_properties wasmTarget)
     "SHELL:-s WASM_BIGINT=1"
     "SHELL:-s STACK_SIZE=5MB")
 
-    target_link_libraries("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE embind)
-
     ## wasm64
     if (WASM64)
         target_compile_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE "SHELL:-s MEMORY64=1" )
@@ -118,6 +116,7 @@ function(qt_internal_wasm_add_finalizers target)
     qt_add_list_file_finalizer(_qt_internal_set_wasm_export_name ${target})
     qt_add_list_file_finalizer(_qt_internal_add_wasm_extra_exported_methods ${target})
     qt_add_list_file_finalizer(_qt_internal_wasm_add_target_helpers ${target})
+    qt_add_list_file_finalizer(_qt_internal_set_wasm_embind_option ${target})
 endfunction()
 
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 1a449b4aa3f..2d4acf01237 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_finalize_executable target)
         _qt_internal_wasm_add_target_helpers("${target}")
         _qt_internal_add_wasm_extra_exported_methods("${target}")
         _qt_internal_set_wasm_export_name("${target}")
+        _qt_internal_set_wasm_embind_option("${target}")
     endif()
 
     if(APPLE)
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
index 40522dc7eee..bea9e41e28a 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
@@ -139,3 +139,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_wasm_export_name_for_target out target)
         set(${out} "${target}_entry" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+function(_qt_internal_set_wasm_embind_option target)
+    target_link_libraries("${target}" PRIVATE embind)
+endfunction()