diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,13 @@
     Sym->setGlobalType(wasm::WasmGlobalType{uint8_t(Type), Mutable});
   }
 
+  // If the GlobalVariable refers to a table, we handle it here instead of
+  // in emitExternalDecls
+  if (Sym->isTable()) {
+    getTargetStreamer()->emitTableType(Sym);
+    return;
+  }
+
   emitVisibility(Sym, GV->getVisibility(), !GV->isDeclaration());
   if (GV->hasInitializer()) {
     assert(getSymbolPreferLocal(*GV) == Sym);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyMCInstLower.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyMCInstLower.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyMCInstLower.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/WebAssemblyMCInstLower.cpp
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@
       // they reach this point as aggregate Array types with an element type
       // that is a reference type.
       wasm::ValType Type;
+      bool IsTable = false;
       if (GlobalVT->isArrayTy() &&
           WebAssembly::isRefType(GlobalVT->getArrayElementType())) {
         MVT VT;
+        IsTable = true;
         switch (GlobalVT->getArrayElementType()->getPointerAddressSpace()) {
         case WebAssembly::WasmAddressSpace::WASM_ADDRESS_SPACE_FUNCREF:
           VT = MVT::funcref;
@@ -85,9 +87,14 @@
       } else
         report_fatal_error("Aggregate globals not yet implemented");
 
-      WasmSym->setType(wasm::WASM_SYMBOL_TYPE_GLOBAL);
-      WasmSym->setGlobalType(
-          wasm::WasmGlobalType{uint8_t(Type), /*Mutable=*/true});
+      if (IsTable) {
+        WasmSym->setType(wasm::WASM_SYMBOL_TYPE_TABLE);
+        WasmSym->setTableType(Type);
+      } else {
+        WasmSym->setType(wasm::WASM_SYMBOL_TYPE_GLOBAL);
+        WasmSym->setGlobalType(
+            wasm::WasmGlobalType{uint8_t(Type), /*Mutable=*/true});
+      }
     }
     return WasmSym;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableget.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableget.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableget.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableget.ll
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@
   ret %externref %ref
 }
 
-; CHECK: .globl externref_table
+; CHECK: .tabletype externref_table, externref
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableset.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableset.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableset.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/externref-tableset.ll
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@
   ret void
 }
 
-; CHECK: .globl externref_table
+; CHECK: .tabletype externref_table, externref
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-table_call.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-table_call.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-table_call.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-table_call.ll
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   ret void
 }
 
-; CHECK: .tabletype __funcref_call_table, funcref, 1
+; CHECK: .tabletype      __funcref_call_table, funcref, 1
 
 ; CHECK-LABEL: call_funcref_from_table:
 ; CHECK-NEXT: .functype       call_funcref_from_table (i32) -> ()
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@
 ; CHECK-NEXT: table.set       __funcref_call_table
 ; CHECK-NEXT: end_function
 
+; CHECK: .tabletype     funcref_table, funcref
 
-; CHECK:     .globl funcref_table
-; CHECK-NEXT .globaltype     funcref_table, funcref
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableget.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableget.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableget.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableget.ll
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@
   ret %funcref %ref
 }
 
-; CHECK: .globl funcref_table
+; CHECK: .tabletype funcref_table, funcref
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableset.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableset.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableset.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/WebAssembly/funcref-tableset.ll
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@
   ret void
 }
 
-; CHECK: .globl funcref_table
+; CHECK: .tabletype funcref_table, funcref