diff --git a/src/lib/libembind.js b/src/lib/libembind.js
index 461dc5a194de1..ee9f4c8ca917b 100644
--- a/src/lib/libembind.js
+++ b/src/lib/libembind.js
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ var LibraryEmbind = {
   $UnboundTypeError: class extends Error {},
   $PureVirtualError: class extends Error {},
   $GenericWireTypeSize: {{{ 2 * POINTER_SIZE }}},
+#if PTHREADS || WASM_WORKERS
+  $postCtors: null, // Unused symbol stub for injecting post ctors call.
+  $postCtors__postset: () => { addAtPostCtor('__embind_post_ctors()'); },
+#endif
 #if EMBIND_AOT
   $InvokerFunctions: '<<< EMBIND_AOT_INVOKERS >>>',
 #endif
@@ -2320,4 +2324,8 @@ var LibraryEmbind = {
   },
 };
 
+#if PTHREADS || WASM_WORKERS
+extraLibraryFuncs.push('$postCtors');
+#endif
+
 addToLibrary(LibraryEmbind);
diff --git a/src/lib/libwasm_worker.js b/src/lib/libwasm_worker.js
index dbd2d8674cc38..98efa8352cf99 100644
--- a/src/lib/libwasm_worker.js
+++ b/src/lib/libwasm_worker.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ addToLibrary({
 
 #if EMBIND
     // Embind must initialize itself on all threads, as it generates support JS.
-    __embind_initialize_bindings();
+    __embind_initialize_worker_bindings();
 #endif
 
 #if AUDIO_WORKLET
diff --git a/src/runtime_pthread.js b/src/runtime_pthread.js
index 6132b4aa9c4af..63223c2eeaff7 100644
--- a/src/runtime_pthread.js
+++ b/src/runtime_pthread.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ if (ENVIRONMENT_IS_PTHREAD) {
 #endif
           // Embind must initialize itself on all threads, as it generates support JS.
           // We only do this once per worker since they get reused
-          __embind_initialize_bindings();
+          __embind_initialize_worker_bindings();
 #endif // EMBIND
           initializedJS = true;
         }
diff --git a/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp b/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
index 3e1336ef9cfb3..dff4af64435ea 100644
--- a/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
+++ b/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 using namespace emscripten;
 using namespace internal;
 
+static std::atomic<bool> embind_initialized(false);
+
 extern "C" {
 
 const char* __getTypeName(const std::type_info* ti) {
@@ -52,7 +54,13 @@ const char* __getTypeName(const std::type_info* ti) {
 
 static InitFunc* init_funcs = nullptr;
 
-void _embind_initialize_bindings() {
+void _embind_post_ctors() {
+  embind_initialized = true;
+  embind_initialized.notify_all();
+}
+
+void _embind_initialize_worker_bindings() {
+  embind_initialized.wait(false);
   for (auto* f = init_funcs; f; f = f->next) {
     f->init_func();
   }
diff --git a/test/embind/test_embind_val_in_static_pthread.cpp b/test/embind/test_embind_val_in_static_pthread.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb51f3f43fa5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/embind/test_embind_val_in_static_pthread.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <emscripten/val.h>
+#include <emscripten/emscripten.h>
+#include <thread>
+
+auto BGThread = std::thread([]() {
+  auto globalThis = emscripten::val::global("globalThis");
+  assert(globalThis.typeOf().as<std::string>() == "object");
+  printf("worker\n");
+});
+
+int main() {
+  BGThread.join();
+  printf("done\n");
+}
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 05b13546d5a90..30b1232d45e88 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -3429,6 +3429,12 @@ class MyClass {};
     ''')
     self.do_runf('main.cpp', emcc_args=['-lembind'])
 
+  @node_pthreads
+  def test_embind_val_in_static_pthread(self):
+    # Test that threads wait for embind to initialize before running.
+    self.emcc_args += ['-lembind', '-sPTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=2']
+    self.do_runf('embind/test_embind_val_in_static_pthread.cpp', 'worker\ndone\n')
+
   @requires_jspi
   @parameterized({
     '': [['-sJSPI_EXPORTS=async*']],
diff --git a/tools/link.py b/tools/link.py
index 13d53ecd17cff..b4c7cf0a29b74 100644
--- a/tools/link.py
+++ b/tools/link.py
@@ -1376,7 +1376,7 @@ def limit_incoming_module_api():
     # https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/21653
     settings.REQUIRED_EXPORTS.append('__getTypeName')
     if settings.PTHREADS or settings.WASM_WORKERS:
-      settings.REQUIRED_EXPORTS.append('_embind_initialize_bindings')
+      settings.REQUIRED_EXPORTS += ['_embind_initialize_worker_bindings', '_embind_post_ctors']
     # Needed to assign the embind exports to the ES exports.
     if settings.MODULARIZE == 'instance':
       settings.DEFAULT_LIBRARY_FUNCS_TO_INCLUDE += ['$addOnPostCtor']
diff --git a/tools/system_libs.py b/tools/system_libs.py
index ded959c84562f..1b19d17fb00db 100644
--- a/tools/system_libs.py
+++ b/tools/system_libs.py
@@ -1927,7 +1927,7 @@ class libwebgpu_cpp(MTLibrary):
   src_files = ['webgpu_cpp.cpp']
 
 
-class libembind(Library):
+class libembind(MTLibrary):
   name = 'libembind'
   never_force = True