diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 31c82414..5e960704 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ endif()
 
 if(EMSCRIPTEN)
   option(MUJOCO_BUILD_TESTS_WASM "Build tests for WASM bindings" ON)
+  set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -pthread")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++20 -O3 -pthread -fexceptions")
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE AND (MUJOCO_BUILD_EXAMPLES OR MUJOCO_BUILD_SIMULATE))
diff --git a/wasm/CMakeLists.txt b/wasm/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d1a7e60..2f2c77a8 100644
--- a/wasm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wasm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wasm/dist")
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++20 -O3 -fexceptions")
-
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/wasm)
 
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
@@ -33,12 +31,11 @@ if(NOT MUJOCO_WASM_FILES)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "No source files found in codegen/generated/")
 endif()
 
-add_compile_options(-pthread)
-add_compile_options(-fexceptions)
-
 # Set Emscripten linker flags
 set(EMCC_LINKER_FLAGS
     "--bind"
+    "-pthread"
+    "-s PTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=navigator.hardwareConcurrency"
     "-s ASSERTIONS=1"
     "-s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1"
     "-s EXPORT_ES6=1"
diff --git a/wasm/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/wasm/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 11b3148a..91d912f1 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wasm/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wasm/dist")
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++20 -O3")
-
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/wasm)
 
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
@@ -33,11 +31,11 @@ if(NOT MUJOCO_WASM_FILES)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "No source files found")
 endif()
 
-add_compile_options(-pthread)
-
 # Set Emscripten linker flags
 set(EMCC_LINKER_FLAGS
     "--bind"
+    "-pthread"
+    "-s PTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=navigator.hardwareConcurrency"
     "-s ASSERTIONS=1"
     "-s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1"
     "-s EXPORT_ES6=1"
diff --git a/wasm/tests/bindings_test.ts b/wasm/tests/bindings_test.ts
index a7f30eb9..d7dd0b41 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/bindings_test.ts
+++ b/wasm/tests/bindings_test.ts
@@ -1873,6 +1873,66 @@ describe('MuJoCo WASM Bindings', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('should compile a spec from XML with 10 meshes and 10 textures', () => {
+    const assetsCount = 10;
+    let xml = `<mujoco>
+      <asset>`;
+    const cube1 = `
+    v -1 -1  1
+    v  1 -1  1
+    v -1  1  1
+    v  1  1  1
+    v -1  1 -1
+    v  1  1 -1
+    v -1 -1 -1
+    v  1 -1 -1`;
+    const dummyTex = 'dummy texture data';
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < assetsCount; i++) {
+      xml += `<mesh name="cube${i}" file="cube${i}.obj"/>`;
+      xml += `<texture name="tex${
+          i}" type="2d" builtin="checker" width="16" height="16"/>`;
+    }
+    xml += `</asset><worldbody>`;
+    for (let i = 0; i < assetsCount; i++) {
+      xml += `<geom type="mesh" mesh="cube${i}"/>`;
+    }
+    xml += `</worldbody></mujoco>`;
+
+    let spec: MjSpec|null = null;
+    let model: MjModel|null = null;
+    let vfs: MjVFS|null = null;
+    try {
+      spec = mujoco.parseXMLString(xml);
+      assertExists(spec);
+
+      vfs = new mujoco.MjVFS();
+      assertExists(vfs);
+      for (let i = 0; i < assetsCount; i++) {
+        vfs.addBuffer(`cube${i}.obj`, new TextEncoder().encode(cube1));
+        vfs.addBuffer(`tex${i}.txt`, new TextEncoder().encode(dummyTex));
+      }
+
+      model = mujoco.mj_compile(spec, vfs);
+      assertExists(model);
+      expect(model.nmesh).toBe(assetsCount);
+      expect(model.ntex).toBe(assetsCount);
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < assetsCount; i++) {
+        const meshId = mujoco.mj_name2id(
+            model, mujoco.mjtObj.mjOBJ_MESH.value, `cube${i}`);
+        expect(meshId).toBe(i);
+        const tex = model.tex(`tex${i}`);
+        expect(tex).toBeDefined();
+        expect(tex!.name).toBe(`tex${i}`);
+      }
+    } finally {
+      spec?.delete();
+      vfs?.delete();
+      model?.delete();
+    }
+  });
+
   describe('MjModel named access', () => {
     // Corresponds to
     // bindings_test.py:test_named_indexing_invalid_names_in_model
diff --git a/wasm/tests/run_benchmarks.mjs b/wasm/tests/run_benchmarks.mjs
index 800375c8..d1b2751f 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/run_benchmarks.mjs
+++ b/wasm/tests/run_benchmarks.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import Jasmine from 'jasmine';
+import os from 'os';
+
+if (typeof navigator === 'undefined') {
+  globalThis.navigator = {
+    hardwareConcurrency: os.cpus().length,
+  };
+}
 
 const jasmine = new Jasmine();
 
diff --git a/wasm/tests/run_tests.mjs b/wasm/tests/run_tests.mjs
index 70f39a4a..5a507b59 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/run_tests.mjs
+++ b/wasm/tests/run_tests.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 import Jasmine from 'jasmine';
+import os from 'os';
+
+if (typeof navigator === 'undefined') {
+  globalThis.navigator = {
+    hardwareConcurrency: os.cpus().length,
+  };
+}
 
 const jasmine = new Jasmine();