diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/datadescriptor-shared/contract-descriptor.c.in b/src/coreclr/debug/datadescriptor-shared/contract-descriptor.c.in
index 83c9e91da314d7..4ad66d93300c04 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/datadescriptor-shared/contract-descriptor.c.in
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/datadescriptor-shared/contract-descriptor.c.in
@@ -30,13 +30,33 @@ struct ContractDescriptor CONTRACT_NAME = {
 // Due to linking order, the export may also need to be added to
 // the EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS setting for emcc.
 // See https://emscripten.org/docs/getting_started/FAQ.html#why-do-functions-in-my-c-c-source-code-vanish-when-i-compile-to-webassembly
+#define _GETTER_NAME(exportname) Get ## exportname
+#define GETTER_NAME(exportname) _GETTER_NAME(exportname)
+#define _GETTER_NAME_STR(exportname) "Get" #exportname
+#define GETTER_NAME_STR(exportname) _GETTER_NAME_STR(exportname)
+
 #if defined(EXPORT_CONTRACT) && defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
 #include <emscripten.h>
 
-#define _GETTER_NAME(exportname) Get ## exportname
-#define GETTER_NAME(exportname) _GETTER_NAME(exportname)
 extern void* EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE GETTER_NAME(CONTRACT_NAME)()
 {
     return (void*)&CONTRACT_NAME;
 }
-#endif // EXPORT_CONTRACT && __EMSCRIPTEN__
+#elif defined(EXPORT_CONTRACT) && defined(__wasm__)
+// Non-emscripten wasm (e.g. wasi-sdk): export the getter with an explicit export name so the
+// descriptor symbol is both reachable by a native host and, critically, kept alive by the linker.
+// Without an export rooting it, --gc-sections removes the descriptor from the final module (the
+// emscripten path above relies on EMSCRIPTEN_KEEPALIVE for the same reason).
+//
+// This intentionally keys on the compiler-provided __wasm__ rather than the CoreCLR TARGET_WASM
+// define. datadescriptor-shared is compiled by multiple consumers and TARGET_WASM (set only by
+// CoreCLR's configurecompiler.cmake, and gated on IGNORE_DEFAULT_TARGET_ARCH) is not guaranteed to
+// reach every one of them. Since the whole point of this branch is to keep the descriptor alive on
+// any wasm toolchain, it must depend on a macro that is always defined when targeting wasm; __wasm__
+// is set by the compiler itself for exactly that.
+__attribute__((export_name(GETTER_NAME_STR(CONTRACT_NAME))))
+void* GETTER_NAME(CONTRACT_NAME)()
+{
+    return (void*)&CONTRACT_NAME;
+}
+#endif // EXPORT_CONTRACT && (__EMSCRIPTEN__ || __wasm__)