diff --git a/emcc b/emcc
index 91b109b6e..46dca960d 100755
--- a/emcc
+++ b/emcc
@@ -1030,6 +1030,10 @@ try:
     exec('shared.Settings.' + key + ' = ' + value)
 
   # Apply effects from settings
+  if bind and shared.Settings.ASM_JS:
+    logging.warning('disabling asm.js since embind is not ready for it yet')
+    shared.Settings.ASM_JS = 0
+
   if shared.Settings.ASM_JS:
     assert opt_level >= 1, 'asm.js requires -O1 or above'
 
diff --git a/tests/runner.py b/tests/runner.py
index 47e18ed7e..976772ce8 100755
--- a/tests/runner.py
+++ b/tests/runner.py
@@ -9332,6 +9332,26 @@ def process(filename):
       '''
       self.do_run(src, 'abs(-10): 10\nabs(-11): 11');
 
+    def test_embind_2(self):
+      if self.emcc_args is None: return self.skip('requires emcc')
+      Building.COMPILER_TEST_OPTS += ['--bind', '--post-js', 'post.js']
+      open('post.js', 'w').write('''
+        Module.print('lerp ' + Module.lerp(1, 2, 0.66) + '.');
+      ''')
+      src = r'''
+        #include <stdio.h>
+        #include <SDL/SDL.h>
+        #include <emscripten/bind.h>
+        using namespace emscripten;
+        float lerp(float a, float b, float t) {
+            return (1 - t) * a + t * b;
+        }
+        EMSCRIPTEN_BINDINGS(my_module) {
+            function("lerp", &lerp);
+        }
+      '''
+      self.do_run(src, 'lerp 1.66');
+
     def test_scriptaclass(self):
         if self.emcc_args is None: return self.skip('requires emcc')