diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2e2c91d..f0e7bc90 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ if (EMSCRIPTEN)
 
     # TODO: without these, we get the following error:
     #       wasm-ld: error: --shared-memory is disallowed by whisper.cpp.o because it was not compiled with 'atomics' or 'bulk-memory' features.
-    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   -pthread -s TOTAL_STACK=5242880")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread -s TOTAL_STACK=5242880")
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS   "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}   -pthread")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -pthread")
+
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -s TOTAL_STACK=5242880")
+    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -s TOTAL_STACK=5242880")
 else()
     if (MINGW)
         set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS_DEFAULT OFF)