diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
index 188ed28fe4..ffc39d27a8 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ function(_qt_internal_wasm_add_target_helpers target)
         endif()
 
         set(APPNAME ${_target_output_name})
+        _qt_internal_wasm_export_name_for_target(_export_name ${target})
+        set(APPEXPORTNAME ${_export_name})
 
         get_target_property(target_output_directory ${target} RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
 
@@ -106,10 +108,16 @@ function(_qt_internal_add_wasm_extra_exported_methods target)
 endfunction()
 
 function(_qt_internal_set_wasm_export_name target)
+    _qt_internal_wasm_export_name_for_target(export_name ${target})
+    target_link_options("${target}" PRIVATE "SHELL:-s EXPORT_NAME=${export_name}")
+endfunction()
+
+function(_qt_internal_wasm_export_name_for_target out target)
     get_target_property(export_name "${target}" QT_WASM_EXPORT_NAME)
     if(export_name)
-        target_link_options("${target}" PRIVATE "SHELL:-s EXPORT_NAME=${export_name}")
+        set(${out} "${export_name}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
-        target_link_options("${target}" PRIVATE "SHELL:-s EXPORT_NAME=${target}_entry")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "[^a-zA-Z0-9_]" "_" target "${target}")
+        set(${out} "${target}_entry" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/wasm_shell.html b/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/wasm_shell.html
index 2287e3fad2..9e4f0c2df3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/wasm_shell.html
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/wasm/wasm_shell.html
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                                 exitData.text !== undefined ? ` (${exitData.text})` : '';
                             showUi(spinner);
                         },
-                        entryFunction: window.@APPNAME@_entry,
+                        entryFunction: window.@APPEXPORTNAME@,
                         containerElements: [screen],
                     }
                 });