diff --git a/emscripten.py b/emscripten.py
index 33a0ec408d1e2..b80b802c8221f 100644
--- a/emscripten.py
+++ b/emscripten.py
@@ -2225,10 +2225,11 @@ def emscript_wasm_backend(infile, outfile, memfile, compiler_engine,
 
   asm_consts, asm_const_funcs = create_asm_consts_wasm(forwarded_json, metadata)
   em_js_funcs = create_em_js(forwarded_json, metadata)
+  asm_const_pairs = ['%s: %s' % (key, value) for key, value in asm_consts]
+  asm_const_map = 'var ASM_CONSTS = {\n  ' + ',  \n '.join(asm_const_pairs) + '\n};\n'
   pre = pre.replace(
     '// === Body ===',
-    ('// === Body ===\n\nvar ASM_CONSTS = [' +
-     ',\n '.join(asm_consts) + '];\n' +
+    ('// === Body ===\n\n' + asm_const_map +
      asstr('\n'.join(asm_const_funcs)) +
      '\n'.join(em_js_funcs) + '\n'))
   pre = apply_table(pre)
@@ -2342,7 +2343,7 @@ def debug_copy(src, dst):
 
 
 def create_asm_consts_wasm(forwarded_json, metadata):
-  asm_consts = [0] * len(metadata['asmConsts'])
+  asm_consts = {}
   all_sigs = []
   for k, v in metadata['asmConsts'].items():
     const, sigs, call_types = v
@@ -2417,6 +2418,8 @@ def create_asm_consts_wasm(forwarded_json, metadata):
   var args = readAsmConstArgs(sigPtr, argbuf);
   return ASM_CONSTS[code].apply(null, args);
 }''' % (const_name, preamble))
+  asm_consts = [(key, value) for key, value in asm_consts.items()]
+  asm_consts.sort()
   return asm_consts, asm_const_funcs
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_other.py b/tests/test_other.py
index e625880b09fc7..2d6b3b09b9e08 100644
--- a/tests/test_other.py
+++ b/tests/test_other.py
@@ -8684,8 +8684,8 @@ def test_js_optimizer_parse_error(self):
 var ASM_CONSTS = [function() { var x = !<->5.; }];
                                         ^
 ''', '''
-var ASM_CONSTS = [function() {var x = !<->5.;}];
-                                       ^
+  0: function() {var x = !<->5.;}
+                          ^
 '''), stderr)
 
   def test_EM_ASM_ES6(self):