diff --git a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
index e50990ddc..96c1cb272 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ pub(crate) struct BuildRequest {
     pub(crate) skip_assets: bool,
     pub(crate) wasm_split: bool,
     pub(crate) debug_symbols: bool,
+    pub(crate) keep_names: bool,
     pub(crate) inject_loading_scripts: bool,
     pub(crate) custom_linker: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub(crate) base_path: Option<String>,
@@ -1025,6 +1026,7 @@ impl BuildRequest {
             base_path: args.base_path.clone(),
             wasm_split: args.wasm_split,
             debug_symbols: args.debug_symbols,
+            keep_names: args.keep_names,
             inject_loading_scripts: args.inject_loading_scripts,
             apple_entitlements: args.apple_entitlements.clone(),
             apple_team_id: args.apple_team_id.clone(),
@@ -4309,7 +4311,10 @@ impl BuildRequest {
             || self.wasm_split
             || !self.release
             || ctx.mode == BuildMode::Fat;
-        let keep_names = self.wasm_split || ctx.mode == BuildMode::Fat;
+        let keep_names = self.config.web.wasm_opt.keep_names
+            || self.keep_names
+            || self.wasm_split
+            || ctx.mode == BuildMode::Fat;
         let demangle = false;
         let wasm_opt_options = WasmOptConfig {
             memory_packing: self.wasm_split,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/target.rs b/packages/cli/src/cli/target.rs
index 5f8bcb485..ea77d895c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/target.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/target.rs
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ pub(crate) struct TargetArgs {
     #[clap(long, default_value_t = true, help_heading = HELP_HEADING, num_args = 0..=1)]
     pub(crate) debug_symbols: bool,
 
+    /// Keep the name section in the wasm binary, useful for profiling and debugging [default: false]
+    ///
+    /// Unlike --debug-symbols which preserves DWARF debug info (requiring a browser extension to
+    /// read), the name section allows tools like console_error_panic_hook to print backtraces with
+    /// human-readable function names without any browser extension.
+    #[clap(long, default_value_t = false, help_heading = HELP_HEADING)]
+    pub(crate) keep_names: bool,
+
     /// The name of the device we are hoping to upload to. By default, dx tries to upload to the active
     /// simulator. If the device name is passed, we will upload to that device instead.
     ///
@@ -190,6 +198,7 @@ impl Anonymized for TargetArgs {
             "inject_loading_scripts": self.inject_loading_scripts,
             "wasm_split": self.wasm_split,
             "debug_symbols": self.debug_symbols,
+            "keep_names": self.keep_names,
             "device": self.device,
             "base_path": self.base_path.is_some(),
             "cargo_args": self.cargo_args.is_some(),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/web.rs b/packages/cli/src/config/web.rs
index 8e1343f9f..de9781313 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/web.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/web.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@ pub(crate) struct WasmOptConfig {
     #[serde(default = "false_bool")]
     pub(crate) debug: bool,
 
+    /// Keep the wasm name section, useful for profiling and debugging
+    ///
+    /// Unlike `debug` which preserves DWARF debug symbols (requiring a browser extension to read),
+    /// the name section allows tools like `console_error_panic_hook` to print backtraces with
+    /// human-readable function names without any browser extension.
+    #[serde(default = "false_bool")]
+    pub(crate) keep_names: bool,
+
     /// Enable memory packing
     #[serde(default = "false_bool")]
     pub(crate) memory_packing: bool,