diff --git a/emcc.py b/emcc.py
index 15f7fc09d6e9..3ac8f3601cd3 100644
--- a/emcc.py
+++ b/emcc.py
@@ -1853,7 +1853,11 @@ def phase_linker_setup(options, state, newargs):
     # With this option we don't actually output the program itself only the
     # TS bindings.
     options.output_file = in_temp('a.out.js')
+    # Don't invoke the program's `main` function.
     settings.INVOKE_RUN = False
+    # Ignore -sMODULARIZE which could otherwise effect how we run the module
+    # to generate the bindings.
+    settings.MODULARIZE = False
 
   # options.output_file is the user-specified one, target is what we will generate
   if options.output_file:
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 19bfbf9a41ec..e56f8b4bf2d0 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -2908,8 +2908,11 @@ def test_jspi_add_function(self):
     self.do_runf(test_file('other/test_jspi_add_function.c'), 'done')
 
   def test_embind_tsgen(self):
-    self.run_process([EMCC, test_file('other/embind_tsgen.cpp'), '-o', 'out.html',
-                      '-lembind', '--embind-emit-tsd', 'embind_tsgen.d.ts'])
+    # These extra arguments are not related to TS binding generation but we want to
+    # verify that they do not interfere with it.
+    extra_args = ['-o', 'out.html', '-sMODULARIZE']
+    self.run_process([EMCC, test_file('other/embind_tsgen.cpp'),
+                      '-lembind', '--embind-emit-tsd', 'embind_tsgen.d.ts'] + extra_args)
     actual = read_file('embind_tsgen.d.ts')
     self.assertNotExists('out.html')
     self.assertNotExists('out.js')