diff --git a/tests/runner.py b/tests/runner.py
index baa9eb5e2..497873834 100755
--- a/tests/runner.py
+++ b/tests/runner.py
@@ -8408,6 +8408,17 @@ elif 'browser' in str(sys.argv):
       shutil.move('water.dds', 'water.donotfindme.dds') # make sure we load from the compressed
       self.btest('s3tc_crunch.c', reference='s3tc_crunch.png', reference_slack=1, args=['--pre-js', 'pre.js'])
 
+    def test_s3tc_crunch_split(self): # load several datafiles/outputs of file packager
+      shutil.copyfile(path_from_root('tests', 'ship.dds'), 'ship.dds')
+      shutil.copyfile(path_from_root('tests', 'bloom.dds'), 'bloom.dds')
+      shutil.copyfile(path_from_root('tests', 'water.dds'), 'water.dds')
+      Popen(['python', FILE_PACKAGER, 'asset_a.data', '--pre-run', '--crunch', '--preload', 'ship.dds', 'bloom.dds'], stdout=open('asset_a.js', 'w')).communicate()
+      Popen(['python', FILE_PACKAGER, 'asset_b.data', '--pre-run', '--crunch', '--preload', 'water.dds'], stdout=open('asset_b.js', 'w')).communicate()
+      shutil.move('ship.dds', 'ship.donotfindme.dds') # make sure we load from the compressed
+      shutil.move('bloom.dds', 'bloom.donotfindme.dds') # make sure we load from the compressed
+      shutil.move('water.dds', 'water.donotfindme.dds') # make sure we load from the compressed
+      self.btest('s3tc_crunch.c', reference='s3tc_crunch.png', reference_slack=1, args=['--pre-js', 'asset_a.js', '--pre-js', 'asset_b.js'])
+
     def test_aniso(self):
       shutil.copyfile(path_from_root('tests', 'water.dds'), 'water.dds')
       self.btest('aniso.c', reference='aniso.png', reference_slack=2, args=['--preload-file', 'water.dds'])
diff --git a/tools/file_packager.py b/tools/file_packager.py
index 25a920b66..0f6a70931 100644
--- a/tools/file_packager.py
+++ b/tools/file_packager.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ if has_preloaded:
         curr.response = byteArray.subarray(%d,%d);
         curr.onload();
       ''' % (file_['name'], file_['data_start'], file_['data_end'])
-  use_data += "          Module['removeRunDependency']('datafile');\n"
+  use_data += "          Module['removeRunDependency']('datafile_%s');\n" % data_target
 
   if Compression.on:
     use_data = '''
@@ -328,10 +328,10 @@ if has_preloaded:
       var curr;
       %s
     };
-    Module['addRunDependency']('datafile');
+    Module['addRunDependency']('datafile_%s');
     dataFile.send(null);
     if (Module['setStatus']) Module['setStatus']('Downloading...');
-  ''' % (os.path.basename(Compression.compressed_name(data_target) if Compression.on else data_target), use_data) # use basename because from the browser's point of view, we need to find the datafile in the same dir as the html file
+  ''' % (os.path.basename(Compression.compressed_name(data_target) if Compression.on else data_target), use_data, data_target) # use basename because from the browser's point of view, we need to find the datafile in the same dir as the html file
 
 if pre_run:
   print '''