diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index 6dd90546de1b0..caed5400a9f00 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -2307,7 +2307,7 @@ options! {
         "emit a section containing stack size metadata (default: no)"),
     emit_thin_lto: bool = (true, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "emit the bc module with thin LTO info (default: yes)"),
-    emscripten_wasm_eh: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
+    emscripten_wasm_eh: bool = (true, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "Use WebAssembly error handling for wasm32-unknown-emscripten"),
     enforce_type_length_limit: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "enforce the type length limit when monomorphizing instances in codegen"),