diff --git a/packages/cli/test/target-cpu.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/target-cpu.test.ts
index 5bc6717c3..dec7de15b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/target-cpu.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/target-cpu.test.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test.runIf(process.platform === "linux" && process.arch === "x64")(
       expect(baseline).not.toContain("sanitize_address");
       expect(await build(["--target-cpu=baseline"])).toBe(baseline);
       const v3 = await build(["--target-cpu=x86-64-v3"]);
-      expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
+      expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ uwtable "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
       if (runsV3) expect((await execFileAsync(outPath)).stdout).toBe(expected);
       // The bootstrap's cached route builds without a level.
       expect(await build([], true)).toBe(baseline);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/cpu-dispatch.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/cpu-dispatch.ts
index f24fc8674..ced356cca 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/cpu-dispatch.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/cpu-dispatch.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ const COPY_GROUPS: ReadonlyMap<string, string> = new Map([
   ["2", "4"],
 ]);
 
-export function cpuDispatchAttributes(asan: string): string[] {
+export function cpuDispatchAttributes(common: string): string[] {
   return [
-    `attributes #3 = {${asan} "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" }`,
-    `attributes #4 = { noinline${asan} "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" }`,
+    `attributes #3 = {${common} "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" }`,
+    `attributes #4 = { noinline${common} "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" }`,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-module.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-module.ts
index 15efa88c7..bb4d2421d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-module.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emit-module.ts
@@ -199,19 +199,22 @@ function readRange(dir: string, range: number): { result: ChunkResult; texts: st
 
 /** The attribute groups of the emitted functions: #0 for every function,
  * #1 for coroutine bodies and #2 for out-of-line record clones. Each carries
- * the build's `--target-cpu` level, and `sanitize_address` in sanitized
- * builds. A group needs one attribute: without either, #0 holds a string
- * attribute that LLVM ignores. Dispatching builds add the x86-64-v3 copies'
- * #3 and #4 (cpu-dispatch.ts). */
+ * the build's `--target-cpu` level, `sanitize_address` in sanitized builds,
+ * and `uwtable` on native targets, so every function has an unwind table
+ * entry, including those LLVM infers `nounwind` (profilers and debuggers
+ * unwind through them). A group needs one attribute: without any, #0 holds a
+ * string attribute that LLVM ignores. Dispatching builds add the x86-64-v3
+ * copies' #3 and #4 (cpu-dispatch.ts). */
 function functionAttributes(emitter: LlEmitter, hasNoInlineRecordClone: boolean): string[] {
   const cpu = targetCpuAttribute(emitter.targetCpu);
   const asan = emitter.sanitizeAttributes ? " sanitize_address" : "";
-  const base = `${asan}${cpu}` || ` "scriptc-function"`;
+  const common = `${asan}${emitter.wasi ? "" : " uwtable"}`;
+  const base = `${common}${cpu}` || ` "scriptc-function"`;
   return [
     `attributes #0 = {${base} }`,
-    ...(emitter.usesCoroutines ? [`attributes #1 = {${asan} presplitcoroutine${cpu} }`] : []),
-    ...(hasNoInlineRecordClone ? [`attributes #2 = { noinline${asan}${cpu} }`] : []),
-    ...(emitter.cpuDispatch ? cpuDispatchAttributes(asan) : []),
+    ...(emitter.usesCoroutines ? [`attributes #1 = {${common} presplitcoroutine${cpu} }`] : []),
+    ...(hasNoInlineRecordClone ? [`attributes #2 = { noinline${common}${cpu} }`] : []),
+    ...(emitter.cpuDispatch ? cpuDispatchAttributes(common) : []),
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.test.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.test.ts
index 880685bf2..8e3aae24d 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/emitter.test.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ test("a target CPU level reaches every function attribute group and nothing else
   const plain = emitLlvmModule(module);
   expect(plain).not.toContain("target-cpu");
   const v3 = emitLlvmModule(module, { targetCpu: "x86-64-v3" });
-  expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ sanitize_address "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
+  expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ sanitize_address uwtable "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
   expect(v3.replaceAll(' "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3"', "")).toBe(plain);
   expect(emitLlvmModule(module, { targetCpu: "baseline" })).toBe(plain);
 });
@@ -215,13 +215,21 @@ test("only sanitized builds mark the emitted functions sanitize_address", () =>
   const module = moduleFor([call()]);
   const sanitized = emitLlvmModule(module);
   expect(emitLlvmModule(module, { sanitizeAttributes: true })).toBe(sanitized);
-  expect(sanitized).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ sanitize_address \}$/m);
+  expect(sanitized).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ sanitize_address uwtable \}$/m);
   const plain = emitLlvmModule(module, { sanitizeAttributes: false });
   expect(plain).not.toContain("sanitize_address");
-  // A group needs an attribute: an ignored string attribute stands in.
-  expect(plain).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ "scriptc-function" \}$/m);
+  expect(plain).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ uwtable \}$/m);
   const v3 = emitLlvmModule(module, { sanitizeAttributes: false, targetCpu: "x86-64-v3" });
-  expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
+  expect(v3).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ uwtable "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
+});
+
+test("native functions get unwind tables and wasm32-wasi functions do not", () => {
+  const module = moduleFor([call()]);
+  expect(emitLlvmModule(module)).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ sanitize_address uwtable \}$/m);
+  const wasi = emitLlvmModule(module, { wasi: true, pointerBits: 32, sanitizeAttributes: false });
+  expect(wasi).not.toContain("uwtable");
+  // A group needs an attribute: an ignored string attribute stands in.
+  expect(wasi).toMatch(/^attributes #0 = \{ "scriptc-function" \}$/m);
 });
 
 test("inline RC inlines every fast path at speed and keeps box releases as calls in release", () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/bytes-element-emission.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/bytes-element-emission.test.ts
index c0a78a898..1998ff0af 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/bytes-element-emission.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/bytes-element-emission.test.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ test("large record clones stay outlined while small clones remain inlineable", (
   expect(small).toContain("define internal ptr @sc_rclone_small(ptr %src) #0");
   expect(small).not.toContain("attributes #2");
   expect(large).toContain("define internal ptr @sc_rclone_large(ptr %src) #2");
-  expect(large).toContain("attributes #2 = { noinline sanitize_address }");
+  expect(large).toContain("attributes #2 = { noinline sanitize_address uwtable }");
 });
 
 test("Uint8ClampedArray stores clamp and round without a runtime call", () => {
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/cpu-dispatch-emission.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/cpu-dispatch-emission.test.ts
index 170c28ede..43d80b335 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/cpu-dispatch-emission.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/cpu-dispatch-emission.test.ts
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ test("a dispatching x86-64 build gives each program function a baseline and an x
   for (const [name] of coroutines) expect(defs.has(`${name}.v3`), name).toBe(false);
   // Functions used as values are referenced by their dispatching name.
   expect(ll).not.toMatch(/ptr @[\w.$-]+\.(v3|base)(?!\()/);
-  expect(ll).toMatch(/^attributes #3 = \{ sanitize_address "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
+  expect(ll).toMatch(/^attributes #3 = \{ sanitize_address uwtable "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m);
   // Unsanitized builds leave sanitize_address out of the copies' groups too.
   expect(emit({ ...x86, cpuDispatch: true, sanitizeAttributes: false })).toMatch(
-    /^attributes #3 = \{ "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m,
+    /^attributes #3 = \{ uwtable "target-cpu"="x86-64-v3" \}$/m,
   );
   // main sets the level before anything else runs.
   expect(defs.get("main")).toMatch(
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/generator-emission.test.ts b/packages/compiler/test/generator-emission.test.ts
index 6601813bd..2442c5e09 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/test/generator-emission.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/generator-emission.test.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ console.log(sum);
   expect(definition(llvm, "sc_f_range")).not.toContain("@scr_coro_yield_f64(");
   expect(llvm).not.toContain("@scr_gen_take_out_f64(");
   expect(llvm).toContain("%ScrGenHead = type { i64, ptr, ptr, i32, %ScrGenSlot }");
-  expect(llvm).toContain("attributes #1 = { presplitcoroutine }");
+  expect(llvm).toContain("attributes #1 = { uwtable presplitcoroutine }");
   expect(definition(llvm, "sc_gs_range")).toContain("call ptr @scr_gen_new_stackless(");
   expect(llvm).not.toContain("@scr_gen_yield_f64(");
 });