diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -5772,8 +5772,8 @@
   if (!S.checkStringLiteralArgumentAttr(AL, 0, Str, &ArgLoc))
     return;
 
-  FD->addAttr(::new (S.Context)
-                  WebAssemblyExportNameAttr(S.Context, AL, Str));
+  D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) WebAssemblyExportNameAttr(S.Context, AL, Str));
+  D->addAttr(UsedAttr::CreateImplicit(S.Context));
 }
 
 static void handleWebAssemblyImportModuleAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/wasm-export-name.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/wasm-export-name.c
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/wasm-export-name.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/wasm-export-name.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   return 43;
 }
 
+// CHECK: @llvm.used = appending global [1 x i8*] [i8* bitcast (i32 ()* @foo to i8*)]
+
 // CHECK: define i32 @foo() [[A:#[0-9]+]]
 
 // CHECK: attributes [[A]] = {{{.*}} "wasm-export-name"="bar" {{.*}}}
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/AsmParser/WebAssemblyAsmParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/AsmParser/WebAssemblyAsmParser.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/AsmParser/WebAssemblyAsmParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/WebAssembly/AsmParser/WebAssemblyAsmParser.cpp
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@
       auto WasmSym = cast<MCSymbolWasm>(Ctx.getOrCreateSymbol(SymName));
       WasmSym->setExportName(ExportName);
       TOut.emitExportName(WasmSym, ExportName);
+      Out.EmitSymbolAttribute(WasmSym, MCSA_NoDeadStrip);
     }
 
     if (DirectiveID.getString() == ".import_module") {
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/WebAssembly/export-name.s b/llvm/test/MC/WebAssembly/export-name.s
--- a/llvm/test/MC/WebAssembly/export-name.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/WebAssembly/export-name.s
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 # CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:       - Index:           0
 # CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:         Kind:            FUNCTION
 # CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:         Name:            foo
-# CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:         Flags:           [ EXPORTED ]
+# CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:         Flags:           [ EXPORTED, NO_STRIP ]
 # CHECK-OBJ-NEXT:         Function:        0