diff --git a/configs/meson/emscripten.txt b/configs/meson/emscripten.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054b263814
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/meson/emscripten.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[built-in options]
+c_args = ['-Wno-unused-command-line-argument','-g','-O3','-pthread']
+cpp_args = ['-Wno-unused-command-line-argument','-g','-O3','-pthread']
+objc_args = ['-Wno-unused-command-line-argument','-g','-O3','-pthread']
+c_link_args = ['-Wno-unused-command-line-argument','-g','-O3','-pthread','-sASYNCIFY=1','-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD=1','-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM','-sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH','-sTOTAL_MEMORY=2GB','-sWASM_BIGINT','-sEXPORT_ES6=1','-sASYNCIFY_IMPORTS=ffi_call_js','-sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=addFunction,removeFunction,TTY,FS']
+cpp_link_args = ['-Wno-unused-command-line-argument','-g','-O3','-pthread','-sASYNCIFY=1','-sPROXY_TO_PTHREAD=1','-sFORCE_FILESYSTEM','-sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH','-sTOTAL_MEMORY=2GB','-sWASM_BIGINT','-sEXPORT_ES6=1','-sASYNCIFY_IMPORTS=ffi_call_js','-sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=addFunction,removeFunction,TTY,FS']
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 02f1dd2311..a1fe6e11cd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ elif check_define __NetBSD__; then
   host_os=netbsd
 elif check_define __APPLE__; then
   host_os=darwin
+elif check_define EMSCRIPTEN ; then
+  host_os=emscripten
+  cpu=wasm32
+  cross_compile="yes"
 else
   # This is a fatal error, but don't report it yet, because we
   # might be going to just print the --help text, or it might
@@ -526,6 +530,9 @@ case "$cpu" in
     linux_arch=x86
     CPU_CFLAGS="-m64"
     ;;
+  wasm32)
+    CPU_CFLAGS="-m32"
+    ;;
 esac
 
 if test -n "$host_arch" && {
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 41f68d3806..bcf1e33ddf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ genh = []
 qapi_trace_events = []
 
 bsd_oses = ['gnu/kfreebsd', 'freebsd', 'netbsd', 'openbsd', 'dragonfly', 'darwin']
-supported_oses = ['windows', 'freebsd', 'netbsd', 'openbsd', 'darwin', 'sunos', 'linux']
+supported_oses = ['windows', 'freebsd', 'netbsd', 'openbsd', 'darwin', 'sunos', 'linux', 'emscripten']
 supported_cpus = ['ppc', 'ppc64', 's390x', 'riscv32', 'riscv64', 'x86', 'x86_64',
-  'arm', 'aarch64', 'loongarch64', 'mips', 'mips64', 'sparc64']
+  'arm', 'aarch64', 'loongarch64', 'mips', 'mips64', 'sparc64', 'wasm32']
 
 cpu = host_machine.cpu_family()
 
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ foreach lang : all_languages
       # endif
       #endif''')
     # ok
+  elif compiler.get_id() == 'emscripten'
+    # ok
   else
     error('You either need GCC v7.4 or Clang v10.0 (or XCode Clang v15.0) to compile QEMU')
   endif
@@ -514,6 +516,8 @@ ucontext_probe = '''
 supported_backends = []
 if host_os == 'windows'
   supported_backends += ['windows']
+elif host_os == 'emscripten'
+  supported_backends += ['fiber']
 else
   if host_os != 'darwin' and cc.links(ucontext_probe)
     supported_backends += ['ucontext']
@@ -2962,7 +2966,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_ATOMIC64', cc.links('''
     return 0;
   }''', args: qemu_isa_flags))
 
-has_int128_type = cc.compiles('''
+has_int128_type = host_os != 'emscripten' and cc.compiles('''
   __int128_t a;
   __uint128_t b;
   int main(void) { b = a; }''')
@@ -4456,7 +4460,9 @@ subdir('scripts')
 subdir('tools')
 subdir('pc-bios')
 subdir('docs')
-subdir('tests')
+if host_os != 'emscripten'
+  subdir('tests')
+endif
 if gtk.found()
   subdir('po')
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 59d973bca0..6d73aafe91 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ option('fuzzing_engine', type : 'string', value : '',
 option('trace_file', type: 'string', value: 'trace',
        description: 'Trace file prefix for simple backend')
 option('coroutine_backend', type: 'combo',
-       choices: ['ucontext', 'sigaltstack', 'windows', 'auto'],
+       choices: ['ucontext', 'sigaltstack', 'windows', 'auto', 'fiber'],
        value: 'auto', description: 'coroutine backend to use')
 
 # Everything else can be set via --enable/--disable-* option
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index 3e8e00852b..cbba2f248c 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  --tls-priority=VALUE     Default TLS protocol/cipher priority string'
   printf "%s\n" '                           [NORMAL]'
   printf "%s\n" '  --with-coroutine=CHOICE  coroutine backend to use (choices:'
-  printf "%s\n" '                           auto/sigaltstack/ucontext/windows)'
+  printf "%s\n" '                           auto/fiber/sigaltstack/ucontext/windows)'
   printf "%s\n" '  --with-pkgversion=VALUE  use specified string as sub-version of the'
   printf "%s\n" '                           package'
   printf "%s\n" '  --with-suffix=VALUE      Suffix for QEMU data/modules/config directories'
