diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
index ec2fb2c6e546b..55477ff5d297f 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/consts.rs
@@ -481,8 +481,14 @@ impl<'ll> StaticMethods for CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
             }
 
             // Wasm statics with custom link sections get special treatment as they
-            // go into custom sections of the wasm executable.
-            if self.tcx.sess.target.is_like_wasm {
+            // go into custom sections of the wasm executable. The exception to this
+            // is the `.init_array` section which are treated specially by the wasm linker.
+            if self.tcx.sess.target.is_like_wasm
+                && attrs
+                    .link_section
+                    .map(|link_section| !link_section.as_str().starts_with(".init_array"))
+                    .unwrap_or(true)
+            {
                 if let Some(section) = attrs.link_section {
                     let section = llvm::LLVMMDStringInContext2(
                         self.llcx,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
index 36a92a4cf7cc0..9ce60bffea629 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/mod.rs
@@ -159,21 +159,42 @@ fn maybe_check_static_with_link_section(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, id: LocalDefId) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // For the wasm32 target statics with `#[link_section]` are placed into custom
-    // sections of the final output file, but this isn't link custom sections of
-    // other executable formats. Namely we can only embed a list of bytes,
-    // nothing with provenance (pointers to anything else). If any provenance
-    // show up, reject it here.
+    // For the wasm32 target statics with `#[link_section]` other than `.init_array`
+    // are placed into custom sections of the final output file, but this isn't like
+    // custom sections of other executable formats. Namely we can only embed a list
+    // of bytes, nothing with provenance (pointers to anything else). If any
+    // provenance show up, reject it here.
     // `#[link_section]` may contain arbitrary, or even undefined bytes, but it is
     // the consumer's responsibility to ensure all bytes that have been read
     // have defined values.
+    //
+    // The `.init_array` section is left to go through the normal custom section code path.
+    // When dealing with `.init_array` wasm-ld currently has several limitations. This manifests
+    // in workarounds in user-code.
+    //
+    //   * The linker fails to merge multiple items in a crate into the .init_array section.
+    //     To work around this, a single array can be used placing multiple items in the array.
+    //     #[link_section = ".init_array"]
+    //     static FOO: [unsafe extern "C" fn(); 2] = [ctor, ctor];
+    //   * Even symbols marked used get gc'd from dependant crates unless at least one symbol
+    //     in the crate is marked with an `#[export_name]`
+    //
+    //  Once `.init_array` support in wasm-ld is complete, the user code workarounds should
+    //  continue to work, but would no longer be necessary.
+
     if let Ok(alloc) = tcx.eval_static_initializer(id.to_def_id())
         && alloc.inner().provenance().ptrs().len() != 0
     {
-        let msg = "statics with a custom `#[link_section]` must be a \
+        if attrs
+            .link_section
+            .map(|link_section| !link_section.as_str().starts_with(".init_array"))
+            .unwrap()
+        {
+            let msg = "statics with a custom `#[link_section]` must be a \
                         simple list of bytes on the wasm target with no \
                         extra levels of indirection such as references";
-        tcx.dcx().span_err(tcx.def_span(id), msg);
+            tcx.dcx().span_err(tcx.def_span(id), msg);
+        }
     }
 }