diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c2186966..86d38e4d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2196,6 +2196,7 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 dependencies = [
  "errno 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "hashbrown 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "structopt 0.2.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wabt 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "wasmer-clif-backend 0.2.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 306e7edff..2a3b41171 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ include = [
 errno = "0.2.4"
 structopt = "0.2.11"
 wabt = "0.7.2"
+hashbrown = "0.1.8"
 wasmer-clif-backend = { path = "lib/clif-backend" }
 wasmer-dynasm-backend = { path = "lib/dynasm-backend", optional = true }
 wasmer-runtime = { path = "lib/runtime" }
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
index 88de51e12..d09da6812 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use target_lexicon::Triple;
 
 use wasmer_runtime_core::cache::{Artifact, Error as CacheError};
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::{Compiler, Token},
+    backend::{Compiler, CompilerConfig, Token},
     error::{CompileError, CompileResult},
     module::ModuleInner,
 };
@@ -39,12 +39,17 @@ impl CraneliftCompiler {
 
 impl Compiler for CraneliftCompiler {
     /// Compiles wasm binary to a wasmer module.
-    fn compile(&self, wasm: &[u8], _: Token) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner> {
+    fn compile(
+        &self,
+        wasm: &[u8],
+        compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+        _: Token,
+    ) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner> {
         validate(wasm)?;
 
         let isa = get_isa();
 
-        let mut module = module::Module::new();
+        let mut module = module::Module::new(&compiler_config);
         let module_env = module_env::ModuleEnv::new(&mut module, &*isa);
 
         let func_bodies = module_env.translate(wasm)?;
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
index 521f41cef..521918185 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use wasmer_runtime_core::cache::{Artifact, Error as CacheError};
 
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::Backend,
+    backend::{Backend, CompilerConfig},
     error::CompileResult,
     module::{ModuleInfo, ModuleInner, StringTable},
     structures::{Map, TypedIndex},
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct Module {
 }
 
 impl Module {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub fn new(compiler_config: &CompilerConfig) -> Self {
         Self {
             info: ModuleInfo {
                 memories: Map::new(),
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ impl Module {
 
                 namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
                 name_table: StringTable::new(),
+                em_symbol_map: compiler_config.symbol_map.clone(),
 
                 custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
             },
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/resolver.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/resolver.rs
index 94713e0b2..e2706b6e1 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/resolver.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/resolver.rs
@@ -374,20 +374,26 @@ fn round_up(n: usize, multiple: usize) -> usize {
 }
 
 extern "C" fn i32_print(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, n: i32) {
-    print!(" i32: {},", n);
+    eprint!(" i32: {},", n);
 }
 extern "C" fn i64_print(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, n: i64) {
-    print!(" i64: {},", n);
+    eprint!(" i64: {},", n);
 }
 extern "C" fn f32_print(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, n: f32) {
-    print!(" f32: {},", n);
+    eprint!(" f32: {},", n);
 }
 extern "C" fn f64_print(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, n: f64) {
-    print!(" f64: {},", n);
+    eprint!(" f64: {},", n);
 }
-extern "C" fn start_debug(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, func_index: u32) {
-    print!("func ({}), args: [", func_index);
+extern "C" fn start_debug(ctx: &mut vm::Ctx, func_index: u32) {
+    if let Some(symbol_map) = unsafe { ctx.borrow_symbol_map() } {
+        if let Some(fn_name) = symbol_map.get(&func_index) {
+            eprint!("func ({} ({})), args: [", fn_name, func_index);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    eprint!("func ({}), args: [", func_index);
 }
 extern "C" fn end_debug(_ctx: &mut vm::Ctx) {
-    println!(" ]");
+    eprintln!(" ]");
 }
diff --git a/lib/dynasm-backend/src/lib.rs b/lib/dynasm-backend/src/lib.rs
index 1647611bb..5d1aa5f96 100644
--- a/lib/dynasm-backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/dynasm-backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ mod stack;
 use crate::codegen::{CodegenError, ModuleCodeGenerator};
 use crate::parse::LoadError;
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::{sys::Memory, Backend, CacheGen, Compiler, Token},
+    backend::{sys::Memory, Backend, CacheGen, Compiler, CompilerConfig, Token},
     cache::{Artifact, Error as CacheError},
     error::{CompileError, CompileResult},
     module::{ModuleInfo, ModuleInner},
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ impl SinglePassCompiler {
 }
 
 impl Compiler for SinglePassCompiler {
-    fn compile(&self, wasm: &[u8], _: Token) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner> {
+    fn compile(
+        &self,
+        wasm: &[u8],
+        compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+        _: Token,
+    ) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner> {
         let mut mcg = codegen_x64::X64ModuleCodeGenerator::new();
-        let info = parse::read_module(wasm, Backend::Dynasm, &mut mcg)?;
+        let info = parse::read_module(wasm, Backend::Dynasm, &mut mcg, &compiler_config)?;
         let (ec, resolver) = mcg.finalize(&info)?;
         Ok(ModuleInner {
             cache_gen: Box::new(Placeholder),
diff --git a/lib/dynasm-backend/src/parse.rs b/lib/dynasm-backend/src/parse.rs
index fce3188d7..b198ea4c5 100644
--- a/lib/dynasm-backend/src/parse.rs
+++ b/lib/dynasm-backend/src/parse.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::codegen::{CodegenError, FunctionCodeGenerator, ModuleCodeGenerator};
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::{Backend, FuncResolver, ProtectedCaller},
+    backend::{Backend, CompilerConfig, FuncResolver, ProtectedCaller},
     module::{
         DataInitializer, ExportIndex, ImportName, ModuleInfo, StringTable, StringTableBuilder,
         TableInitializer,
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub fn read_module<
     wasm: &[u8],
     backend: Backend,
     mcg: &mut MCG,
+    compiler_config: &CompilerConfig,
 ) -> Result<ModuleInfo, LoadError> {
     validate(wasm)?;
     let mut info = ModuleInfo {
@@ -97,6 +98,8 @@ pub fn read_module<
         namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
         name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
+        em_symbol_map: compiler_config.symbol_map.clone(),
+
         custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/emscripten/src/syscalls/emscripten_vfs.rs b/lib/emscripten/src/syscalls/emscripten_vfs.rs
index b9e8a9439..927b07c34 100644
--- a/lib/emscripten/src/syscalls/emscripten_vfs.rs
+++ b/lib/emscripten/src/syscalls/emscripten_vfs.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl EmscriptenVfs {
             Some(FileHandle::Vf(file)) => {
                 let count = {
                     let mut result = RefCell::borrow_mut(&file);
-                    let result = result.read(buf_slice);
+                    let result = result.read_file(buf_slice, 0);
                     result.unwrap()
                 };
                 count as _
diff --git a/lib/llvm-backend/src/lib.rs b/lib/llvm-backend/src/lib.rs
index 85bcc7e19..ee4e02bbc 100644
--- a/lib/llvm-backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/llvm-backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use inkwell::{
     OptimizationLevel,
 };
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::{Compiler, Token},
+    backend::{Compiler, CompilerConfig, Token},
     cache::{Artifact, Error as CacheError},
     error::CompileError,
     module::ModuleInner,
@@ -32,10 +32,15 @@ impl LLVMCompiler {
 }
 
 impl Compiler for LLVMCompiler {
-    fn compile(&self, wasm: &[u8], _: Token) -> Result<ModuleInner, CompileError> {
+    fn compile(
+        &self,
+        wasm: &[u8],
+        compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+        _: Token,
+    ) -> Result<ModuleInner, CompileError> {
         validate(wasm)?;
 
-        let (info, code_reader) = read_info::read_module(wasm).unwrap();
+        let (info, code_reader) = read_info::read_module(wasm, compiler_config).unwrap();
         let (module, intrinsics) = code::parse_function_bodies(&info, code_reader).unwrap();
 
         let (backend, protected_caller) = backend::LLVMBackend::new(module, intrinsics);
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ fn test_read_module() {
     "#;
     let wasm = wat2wasm(wat).unwrap();
 
-    let (info, code_reader) = read_info::read_module(&wasm).unwrap();
+    let (info, code_reader) = read_info::read_module(&wasm, Default::default()).unwrap();
 
     let (module, intrinsics) = code::parse_function_bodies(&info, code_reader).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs b/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
index 596e06b52..5ebfa5868 100644
--- a/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
+++ b/lib/llvm-backend/src/read_info.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use wasmer_runtime_core::{
-    backend::Backend,
+    backend::{Backend, CompilerConfig},
     module::{
         DataInitializer, ExportIndex, ImportName, ModuleInfo, StringTable, StringTableBuilder,
         TableInitializer,
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ use wasmparser::{
 
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 
-pub fn read_module(wasm: &[u8]) -> Result<(ModuleInfo, CodeSectionReader), BinaryReaderError> {
+pub fn read_module(
+    wasm: &[u8],
+    compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+) -> Result<(ModuleInfo, CodeSectionReader), BinaryReaderError> {
     let mut info = ModuleInfo {
         memories: Map::new(),
         globals: Map::new(),
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ pub fn read_module(wasm: &[u8]) -> Result<(ModuleInfo, CodeSectionReader), Binar
         namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
         name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
+        em_symbol_map: compiler_config.symbol_map.clone(),
+
         custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/device_file.rs b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/device_file.rs
index fb0616644..e7ca46530 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/device_file.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/device_file.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::vfs::file_like::{FileLike, Metadata};
 use failure::Error;
 use std::io;
-use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::io::{Seek, Write};
 
 pub struct Stdin;
 pub struct Stdout;
@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@ impl FileLike for Stdin {
     fn write_file(&mut self, _buf: &[u8], _offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
+
+    fn read_file(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8], _offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn set_file_len(&mut self, _len: usize) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+        panic!("Cannot set length of stdin");
+    }
 }
 
-impl Read for Stdin {
-    fn read(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+impl io::Seek for Stdin {
+    fn seek(&mut self, _pos: io::SeekFrom) -> Result<u64, io::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 }
@@ -33,10 +41,19 @@ impl FileLike for Stdout {
         let mut handle = stdout.lock();
         handle.write(buf)
     }
+
+    fn read_file(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8], _offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn set_file_len(&mut self, _len: usize) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+        panic!("Cannot set length of stdout");
+
+    }
 }
 
-impl Read for Stdout {
-    fn read(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+impl io::Seek for Stdout {
+    fn seek(&mut self, _pos: io::SeekFrom) -> Result<u64, io::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 }
@@ -51,10 +68,18 @@ impl FileLike for Stderr {
         let mut handle = stderr.lock();
         handle.write(buf)
     }
+
+    fn read_file(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8], _offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        unimplemented!()
+    }
+
+    fn set_file_len(&mut self, _len: usize) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+        panic!("Cannot set length of stderr");
+    }
 }
 
-impl Read for Stderr {
-    fn read(&mut self, _buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+impl io::Seek for Stderr {
+    fn seek(&mut self, _pos: io::SeekFrom) -> Result<u64, io::Error> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/file_like.rs b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/file_like.rs
index e0ec5bd91..0aee10290 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/file_like.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/file_like.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     pub is_file: bool,
 }
 
-pub trait FileLike: std::io::Read {
+pub trait FileLike: std::io::Seek {
     // get metadata
     fn metadata(&self) -> Result<Metadata, failure::Error>;
 
     // write
     fn write_file(&mut self, buf: &[u8], offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error>;
+
+    // read
+    fn read_file(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8], offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error>;
+
+    // set_file_len
+    fn set_file_len(&mut self, len: usize) -> Result<(), failure::Error>;
 }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/virtual_file.rs b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/virtual_file.rs
index 50e7745fb..14ffe6959 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/virtual_file.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-abi/src/vfs/virtual_file.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use failure::Error;
 
 use crate::vfs::file_like::{FileLike, Metadata};
 use std::io;
-use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
+use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom, Write, Read};
 
 impl FileLike for zbox::File {
     fn metadata(&self) -> Result<Metadata, Error> {
@@ -20,4 +20,13 @@ impl FileLike for zbox::File {
         self.finish().unwrap();
         result
     }
+
+    fn read_file(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8], offset: usize) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
+        self.seek(io::SeekFrom::Start(offset as u64))?;
+        self.read(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn set_file_len(&mut self, len: usize) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+        self.set_len(len).map_err(|e| e.into())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
index a09909ebe..94c5c87e3 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use std::{any::Any, ptr::NonNull};
 
+use hashbrown::HashMap;
+
 pub mod sys {
     pub use crate::sys::*;
 }
@@ -38,11 +40,28 @@ impl Token {
     }
 }
 
+/// Configuration data for the compiler
+pub struct CompilerConfig {
+    /// Symbol information generated from emscripten; used for more detailed debug messages
+    pub symbol_map: Option<HashMap<u32, String>>,
+}
+
+impl Default for CompilerConfig {
+    fn default() -> CompilerConfig {
+        CompilerConfig { symbol_map: None }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait Compiler {
     /// Compiles a `Module` from WebAssembly binary format.
     /// The `CompileToken` parameter ensures that this can only
     /// be called from inside the runtime.
-    fn compile(&self, wasm: &[u8], _: Token) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner>;
+    fn compile(
+        &self,
+        wasm: &[u8],
+        comp_conf: CompilerConfig,
+        _: Token,
+    ) -> CompileResult<ModuleInner>;
 
     unsafe fn from_cache(&self, cache: Artifact, _: Token) -> Result<ModuleInner, CacheError>;
 }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
index c780dfd87..0e8d189f8 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,13 +67,26 @@ pub fn compile_with(
     compiler: &dyn backend::Compiler,
 ) -> CompileResult<module::Module> {
     let token = backend::Token::generate();
-    compiler.compile(wasm, token).map(|mut inner| {
+    compiler.compile(wasm, Default::default(), token).map(|mut inner| {
         let inner_info: &mut crate::module::ModuleInfo = &mut inner.info;
         inner_info.import_custom_sections(wasm).unwrap();
         module::Module::new(Arc::new(inner))
     })
 }
 
+/// The same as `compile_with` but changes the compiler behavior
+/// with the values in the `CompilerConfig`
+pub fn compile_with_config(
+    wasm: &[u8],
+    compiler: &dyn backend::Compiler,
+    compiler_config: backend::CompilerConfig,
+) -> CompileResult<module::Module> {
+    let token = backend::Token::generate();
+    compiler
+        .compile(wasm, compiler_config, token)
+        .map(|inner| module::Module::new(Arc::new(inner)))
+}
+
 /// Perform validation as defined by the
 /// WebAssembly specification. Returns `true` if validation
 /// succeeded, `false` if validation failed.
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
index 04a8b3b9a..b0c33406e 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ pub struct ModuleInfo {
     pub namespace_table: StringTable<NamespaceIndex>,
     pub name_table: StringTable<NameIndex>,
 
+    /// Symbol information from emscripten
+    pub em_symbol_map: Option<HashMap<u32, String>>,
+
     pub custom_sections: HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
index 4a81fff0b..d3c3f3e4d 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/vm.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use std::{ffi::c_void, mem, ptr};
 
+use hashbrown::HashMap;
+
 /// The context of the currently running WebAssembly instance.
 ///
 ///
@@ -156,6 +158,11 @@ impl Ctx {
             },
         }
     }
+
+    /// Gives access to the emscripten symbol map, used for debugging
+    pub unsafe fn borrow_symbol_map(&self) -> &Option<HashMap<u32, String>> {
+        &(*self.module).info.em_symbol_map
+    }
 }
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
@@ -609,6 +616,8 @@ mod vm_ctx_tests {
                 namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
                 name_table: StringTable::new(),
 
+                em_symbol_map: None,
+
                 custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
             },
         }
diff --git a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 27945aa10..66d9c6ace 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub mod units {
 
 pub mod cache;
 
-use wasmer_runtime_core::backend::Compiler;
+use wasmer_runtime_core::backend::{Compiler, CompilerConfig};
 
 /// Compile WebAssembly binary code into a [`Module`].
 /// This function is useful if it is necessary to
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ pub fn compile(wasm: &[u8]) -> error::CompileResult<Module> {
     wasmer_runtime_core::compile_with(&wasm[..], default_compiler())
 }
 
+/// The same as `compile` but takes a `CompilerConfig` for the purpose of
+/// changing the compiler's behavior
+pub fn compile_with_config(
+    wasm: &[u8],
+    compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+) -> error::CompileResult<Module> {
+    wasmer_runtime_core::compile_with_config(&wasm[..], default_compiler(), compiler_config)
+}
+
 /// Compile and instantiate WebAssembly code without
 /// creating a [`Module`].
 ///
diff --git a/src/bin/wasmer.rs b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
index 34064f833..61bd50dac 100644
--- a/src/bin/wasmer.rs
+++ b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 extern crate structopt;
 
 use std::env;
-use std::fs::File;
+use std::fs::{read_to_string, File};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::exit;
 
+use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
 use wasmer::webassembly::InstanceABI;
 use wasmer::*;
 use wasmer_emscripten;
 use wasmer_runtime::cache::{Cache as BaseCache, FileSystemCache, WasmHash, WASMER_VERSION_HASH};
+use wasmer_runtime_core::backend::CompilerConfig;
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(name = "wasmer", about = "Wasm execution runtime.")]
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ struct Run {
     /// Application arguments
     #[structopt(name = "--", raw(multiple = "true"))]
     args: Vec<String>,
+
+    /// Emscripten symbol map
+    #[structopt(long = "em-symbol-map", parse(from_os_str))]
+    em_symbol_map: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
@@ -98,6 +104,48 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
         )
     })?;
 
+    let em_symbol_map = if let Some(em_symbol_map_path) = options.em_symbol_map.clone() {
+        let em_symbol_map_content: String = read_to_string(&em_symbol_map_path)
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                format!(
+                    "Can't read symbol map file {}: {}",
+                    em_symbol_map_path.as_os_str().to_string_lossy(),
+                    err,
+                )
+            })?
+            .to_owned();
+        let mut em_symbol_map = HashMap::new();
+        for line in em_symbol_map_content.lines() {
+            let mut split = line.split(':');
+            let num_str = if let Some(ns) = split.next() {
+                ns
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "Can't parse symbol map (expected each entry to be of the form: `0:func_name`)"
+                ));
+            };
+            let num: u32 = num_str.parse::<u32>().map_err(|err| {
+                format!(
+                    "Failed to parse {} as a number in symbol map: {}",
+                    num_str, err
+                )
+            })?;
+            let name_str: String = if let Some(name_str) = split.next() {
+                name_str
+            } else {
+                return Err(format!(
+                    "Can't parse symbol map (expected each entry to be of the form: `0:func_name`)"
+                ));
+            }
+            .to_owned();
+
+            em_symbol_map.insert(num, name_str);
+        }
+        Some(em_symbol_map)
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     if !utils::is_wasm_binary(&wasm_binary) {
         wasm_binary = wabt::wat2wasm(wasm_binary)
             .map_err(|e| format!("Can't convert from wast to wasm: {:?}", e))?;
@@ -128,9 +176,13 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
                 module
             }
             Err(_) => {
-                let module = webassembly::compile(&wasm_binary[..])
-                    .map_err(|e| format!("Can't compile module: {:?}", e))?;
-
+                let module = webassembly::compile_with_config(
+                    &wasm_binary[..],
+                    CompilerConfig {
+                        symbol_map: em_symbol_map,
+                    },
+                )
+                .map_err(|e| format!("Can't compile module: {:?}", e))?;
                 // We try to save the module into a cache file
                 cache.store(hash, module.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
 
@@ -139,8 +191,13 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
         };
         module
     } else {
-        webassembly::compile(&wasm_binary[..])
-            .map_err(|e| format!("Can't compile module: {:?}", e))?
+        webassembly::compile_with_config(
+            &wasm_binary[..],
+            CompilerConfig {
+                symbol_map: em_symbol_map,
+            },
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Can't compile module: {:?}", e))?
     };
 
     let (_abi, import_object, _em_globals) = if wasmer_emscripten::is_emscripten_module(&module) {
diff --git a/src/webassembly.rs b/src/webassembly.rs
index 8ae38935b..d34966060 100644
--- a/src/webassembly.rs
+++ b/src/webassembly.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use wasmer_runtime::{
     error::{CallResult, Result},
     ImportObject, Instance, Module,
 };
+use wasmer_runtime_core::backend::CompilerConfig;
 use wasmer_runtime_core::types::Value;
 
 use wasmer_emscripten::{is_emscripten_module, run_emscripten_instance};
@@ -76,6 +77,16 @@ pub fn compile(buffer_source: &[u8]) -> Result<Module> {
     Ok(module)
 }
 
+/// The same as `compile` but takes a `CompilerConfig` for the purpose of
+/// changing the compiler's behavior
+pub fn compile_with_config(
+    buffer_source: &[u8],
+    compiler_config: CompilerConfig,
+) -> Result<Module> {
+    let module = runtime::compile_with_config(buffer_source, compiler_config)?;
+    Ok(module)
+}
+
 /// Performs common instance operations needed when an instance is first run
 /// including data setup, handling arguments and calling a main function
 pub fn run_instance(