diff --git a/doc/platforms-html5.dox b/doc/platforms-html5.dox
index 8eaceb3a9..920dff145 100644
--- a/doc/platforms-html5.dox
+++ b/doc/platforms-html5.dox
@@ -302,32 +302,41 @@ endif()
     underlying emulation libraries and may vary across Emscripten versions.
 
 Running multiple graphical applications on a single page is possible, but
-requires a few changes. By default, Emscripten and `EmscriptenApplication.js`
-populate a global @cb{.js} Module @ce object with things like callbacks and the
-canvas element to render into. This is not suitable when using more than one
-application. Emscripten's `-s MODULARIZE` option creates a script
-that defines a function with a local @cb{.js} Module @ce object instead.
-This way each application runs inside its own function with a separate
-environment.
-
-To let `EmscriptenApplication.js` access the local @cb{.js} Module @ce,
-it must be prepended to the application with the `--pre-js` compiler option,
-at which point you also don't have to bundle it separately anymore:
+requires a few changes. By default, Emscripten populates a global @cb{.js} Module @ce
+object with things like callbacks and the canvas element to render into. This is not
+suitable when using more than one application. Emscripten's `MODULARIZE` option
+creates a script that defines a function with a local @cb{.js} Module @ce object
+instead. This way each application runs inside its own function with a separate
+environment:
 
 @code{.cmake}
 target_link_libraries(my-application PRIVATE "-s MODULARIZE -s EXPORT_NAME=createModule")
-target_link_libraries(my-application PRIVATE "--pre-js ${MAGNUM_EMSCRIPTENAPPLICATION_JS}")
 @endcode
 
-Instead of running instantly, the application must be instantiated
-using the function name set with `EXPORT_NAME`:
+Instead of running instantly, the application can then be instantiated
+using the function name set with `EXPORT_NAME`. The function optionally
+takes an object to populate the local @cb{.js} Module @ce.
+
+While `EmscriptenApplication.js` populates the @cb{.js} Module @ce object by default,
+it also defines a function @cb{.js} createMagnumModule @ce that lets you create
+new module objects to pass to the Emscripten module function. This allows you
+to include `EmscriptenApplication.js` only once per page without having to bundle it with
+Emscripten's `--pre-js` option. To override the default values, pass an object to
+@cb{.js} createMagnumModule @ce. This is the easiest way to set the canvas or
+status elements of each application:
 
 @code{.html-jinja}
+<script src="EmscriptenApplication.js"></script>
 <script src="{{ application }}.js"></script>
 <script>
-  createModule().then(function(myModule) {
-    // application loaded and running
-  });
+    const myModule = createMagnumModule({
+        canvas: document.getElementById('my-canvas'),
+        status: document.getElementById('my-status'),
+        statusDescription: document.getElementById('my-status-description')
+    });
+    createModule(myModule).then(function(myModule) {
+        // application loaded and running
+    });
 </script>
 @endcode
 
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/EmscriptenApplication.js b/src/Magnum/Platform/EmscriptenApplication.js
index ebd627568..48ce2f79d 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/EmscriptenApplication.js
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/EmscriptenApplication.js
@@ -25,70 +25,93 @@
 
 "use strict"; /* it summons the Cthulhu in a proper way, they say */
 
-var Module = typeof Module !== "undefined" ? Module : {};
-
-Module.preRun = [];
-Module.postRun = [];
-
-Module.arguments = [];
-
-Module.printErr = function(_message) {
-    console.error(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' '));
-};
-
-Module.print = function(_message) {
-    console.log(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' '));
-};
-
-Module.onAbort = function() {
-    Module.canvas.style.opacity = 0.333;
-    Module.canvas.style.zIndex = -1;
-    Module.setStatus("Oops :(");
-    Module.setStatusDescription("The app crashed. Refresh the page or check the browser console for details.");
-};
-
-Module.canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
-Module.status = document.getElementById('status');
-Module.statusDescription = document.getElementById('status-description');
-
-Module.setStatus = function(message) {
-    /* Emscripten calls setStatus("") after a timeout even if the app
-        aborts. That would erase the crash message, so don't allow that */
-    if(Module.status && Module.status.innerHTML != "Oops :(")
-        Module.status.innerHTML = message;
-};
-
-Module.setStatusDescription = function(message) {
-    if(Module.statusDescription)
-        Module.statusDescription.innerHTML = message;
-};
-
-Module.totalDependencies = 0;
-
-Module.monitorRunDependencies = function(left) {
-    this.totalDependencies = Math.max(this.totalDependencies, left);
-
-    if(left) {
-        Module.setStatus('Downloading...');
-        Module.setStatusDescription((this.totalDependencies - left) + ' / ' + this.totalDependencies);
-    } else {
-        Module.setStatus('Download complete');
-        Module.setStatusDescription('');
+function createMagnumModule(init) {
+    /* Take the Emscripten-supplied Module object as a base */
+    const module = Object.assign({}, Module);
+
+    /* Update it with our things */
+    Object.assign(module, {
+        preRun: [],
+        postRun: [],
+
+        arguments: [],
+
+        printErr: function(_message) {
+            console.error(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' '));
+        },
+
+        print: function(_message) {
+            console.log(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' '));
+        },
+
+        onAbort: function() {
+            module.canvas.style.opacity = 0.333;
+            module.canvas.style.zIndex = -1;
+            module.setStatus("Oops :(");
+            module.setStatusDescription("The app crashed. Refresh the page or check the browser console for details.");
+        },
+
+        canvas: document.getElementById('canvas'),
+        status: document.getElementById('status'),
+        statusDescription: document.getElementById('status-description'),
+
+        setStatus: function(message) {
+            /* Emscripten calls setStatus("") after a timeout even if the app
+                aborts. That would erase the crash message, so don't allow that */
+            if(module.status && module.status.innerHTML != "Oops :(")
+                module.status.innerHTML = message;
+        },
+
+        setStatusDescription: function(message) {
+            if(module.statusDescription)
+                module.statusDescription.innerHTML = message;
+        },
+
+        totalDependencies: 0,
+
+        monitorRunDependencies: function(left) {
+            this.totalDependencies = Math.max(this.totalDependencies, left);
+
+            if(left) {
+                module.setStatus('Downloading...');
+                module.setStatusDescription((this.totalDependencies - left) + ' / ' + this.totalDependencies);
+            } else {
+                module.setStatus('Download complete');
+                module.setStatusDescription('');
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    /* Parse arguments, e.g. /app/?foo=bar&fizz&buzz=3 goes to the app as
+       ['--foo', 'bar', '--fizz', '--buzz', '3'] */
+    const args = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substr(1)).trim().split('&');
+    for(let i = 0; i != args.length; ++i) {
+        let j = args[i].indexOf('=');
+        /* Key + value */
+        if(j != -1) {
+            module.arguments.push('--' + args[i].substring(0, j));
+            module.arguments.push(args[i].substring(j + 1));
+
+        /* Just key */
+        } else module.arguments.push('--' + args[i]);
     }
-};
-
-/* Parse arguments, e.g. /app/?foo=bar&fizz&buzz=3 goes to the app as
-   ['--foo', 'bar', '--fizz', '--buzz', '3'] */
-var args = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substr(1)).trim().split('&');
-for(var i = 0; i != args.length; ++i) {
-    var j = args[i].indexOf('=');
-    /* Key + value */
-    if(j != -1) {
-        Module.arguments.push('--' + args[i].substring(0, j));
-        Module.arguments.push(args[i].substring(j + 1));
-
-    /* Just key */
-    } else Module.arguments.push('--' + args[i]);
+
+    /* Let the user-supplied object overwrite all the above */
+    Object.assign(module, init);
+
+    /* We can do this here because at this point `module.status` should be correct */
+    module.setStatus("Downloading...");
+
+    return module;
 }
 
-Module.setStatus('Downloading...');
+/* Default global Module object */
+var Module = createMagnumModule();
+
+/* UMD export */
+if(typeof exports === 'object' && typeof module === 'object') /* CommonJS/Node */
+    module.exports = createMagnumModule;
+else if(typeof define === 'function' && define['amd']) /* AMD */
+    define([], function() { return createMagnumModule; });
+else if(typeof exports === 'object') /* CommonJS strict */
+    exports["createMagnumModule"] = createMagnumModule;
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/CMakeLists.txt
index ce365eb00..74bc57f2f 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ if(WITH_EMSCRIPTENAPPLICATION)
     target_compile_definitions(PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest PRIVATE CUSTOM_CLEAR_COLOR=0.2,0,0.2,1)
     target_link_libraries(PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest PRIVATE "-s MODULARIZE -s EXPORT_NAME=createModule")
     target_link_libraries(PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest PRIVATE "-s DISABLE_DEPRECATED_FIND_EVENT_TARGET_BEHAVIOR=1")
-    target_link_libraries(PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest PRIVATE "--pre-js ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../EmscriptenApplication.js")
-    target_link_libraries(PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest PRIVATE "--pre-js ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTestPre.js")
     add_custom_command(TARGET PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest POST_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../WebApplication.css
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../EmscriptenApplication.js
             $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest>
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.html
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.html b/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.html
index d226ab9ae..4edb0b263 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.html
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/Test/MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.html
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <title>Magnum Multiple EmscriptenApplication Test</title>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="WebApplication.css" />
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+  <script src="EmscriptenApplication.js"></script>
 </head>
 <body>
   <h1>Magnum Multiple EmscriptenApplication Test</h1>
@@ -14,16 +15,19 @@
       <div class="mn-status" id="status1">Initialization...</div>
       <div class="mn-status-description" id="status-description1"></div>
       <script src="PlatformMultipleEmscriptenApplicationTest.js"></script>
-      <script>
-        /*
-          This application is compiled with -s MODULARIZE -s EXPORT_NAME=createModule
-          so it doesn't run until we instantiate it with its own Module object.
-          We embedded EmscriptenApplication.js into the application .js via --pre-js
-          so that its code is run before the Emscripten runtime code.
-          All changes to Module (e.g overriding the canvas element) have to be done
-          in another --pre-js (MultipleEmscriptenApplicationTestPre.js).
-        */
-        createModule();
+      <script async="async">
+        /* This application is compiled with -s MODULARIZE -s EXPORT_NAME=createModule
+          so it doesn't run until we instantiate it with its own Module object. */
+        const myModule = createMagnumModule({
+          canvas: document.getElementById('canvas1'),
+          status: document.getElementById('status1'),
+          statusDescription: document.getElementById('status-description1')
+        });
+        myModule.keyboardListeningElement = myModule.canvas;
+        myModule.canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', function(event) {
+            event.target.focus();
+        });
+        createModule(myModule);
       </script>
     </div></div></div>
   </div>
@@ -32,14 +36,11 @@
       <canvas class="mn-canvas" id="canvas2" tabindex="1"></canvas>
       <div class="mn-status" id="status2">Initialization...</div>
       <div class="mn-status-description" id="status-description2"></div>
-      <!--
-        Create a fresh Module. This application is compiled without -s MODULARIZE
-        so Module is expected to be global and the application is run instantly.
-        You'll usually want to use MODULARIZE for all applications but this
-        makes it easier to reuse the existing PlatformEmscriptenApplicationTest.js.
-      -->
-      <script src="EmscriptenApplication.js"></script>
       <script>
+        /* This application is compiled without -s MODULARIZE so it uses the
+           global Module set by EmscriptenApplication.js and runs instantly.
+           You'll usually want to use MODULARIZE for all applications but this
+           makes it easier to reuse the existing PlatformEmscriptenApplicationTest */
         Module.canvas = document.getElementById('canvas2');
         Module.status = document.getElementById('status2');
         Module.statusDescription = document.getElementById('status-description2');
diff --git a/src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessEmscriptenApplication.js b/src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessEmscriptenApplication.js
index d7c239f01..810adf9ef 100644
--- a/src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessEmscriptenApplication.js
+++ b/src/Magnum/Platform/WindowlessEmscriptenApplication.js
@@ -23,75 +23,98 @@
     DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
-var Module = typeof Module !== "undefined" ? Module : {};
-
-Module.preRun = [];
-Module.postRun = [];
-
-Module.arguments = [];
-
-Module.doNotCaptureKeyboard = true;
-
-Module.printErr = function(message) {
-    var log = document.getElementById('log');
-    log.innerHTML += Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' ')
-        .replace(/[\"&<>]/g, function (a) {
-            return { '"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;' }[a];
-        }) + '\n';
-};
-
-Module.print = function(message) {
-    var log = document.getElementById('log');
-    log.innerHTML += Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' ')
-        .replace(/[\"&<>]/g, function (a) {
-            return { '"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;' }[a];
-        }) + '\n';
-};
-
-/* onAbort not handled here, as the output is printed directly on the page */
-
-Module.canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
-Module.status = document.getElementById('status');
-Module.statusDescription = document.getElementById('status-description');
-Module.log = document.getElementById('log');
-
-Module.setStatus = function(message) {
-    if(Module.status) Module.status.innerHTML = message;
-};
-
-Module.setStatusDescription = function(message) {
-    if(Module.statusDescription)
-        Module.statusDescription.innerHTML = message;
-};
-
-Module.totalDependencies = 0;
-
-Module.monitorRunDependencies = function(left) {
-    this.totalDependencies = Math.max(this.totalDependencies, left);
-
-    if(left) {
-        Module.setStatus('Downloading...');
-        Module.setStatusDescription((this.totalDependencies - left) + ' / ' + this.totalDependencies);
-    } else {
-        Module.setStatus('Download complete');
-        Module.setStatusDescription('');
-        Module.log.style.display = 'block';
+"use strict";
+
+function createMagnumModule(init) {
+    const module = Object.assign({}, Module);
+
+    Object.assign(module, {
+        preRun: [],
+        postRun: [],
+
+        arguments: [],
+
+        printErr: function(_message) {
+            if(module.log) {
+                module.log.innerHTML += Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' ')
+                    .replace(/[\"&<>]/g, function (a) {
+                        return { '"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;' }[a];
+                    }) + '\n';
+            }
+        },
+
+        print: function(_message) {
+            if(module.log) {
+                module.log.innerHTML += Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments).join(' ')
+                    .replace(/[\"&<>]/g, function (a) {
+                        return { '"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;' }[a];
+                    }) + '\n';
+            }
+        },
+
+        /* onAbort not handled here, as the output is printed directly on the page */
+
+        canvas: document.getElementById('canvas'),
+        status: document.getElementById('status'),
+        statusDescription: document.getElementById('status-description'),
+        log: document.getElementById('log'),
+
+        setStatus: function(message) {
+            if(module.status)
+                module.status.innerHTML = message;
+        },
+
+        setStatusDescription: function(message) {
+            if(module.statusDescription)
+                module.statusDescription.innerHTML = message;
+        },
+
+        totalDependencies: 0,
+
+        monitorRunDependencies: function(left) {
+            this.totalDependencies = Math.max(this.totalDependencies, left);
+
+            if(left) {
+                module.setStatus('Downloading...');
+                module.setStatusDescription((this.totalDependencies - left) + ' / ' + this.totalDependencies);
+            } else {
+                module.setStatus('Download complete');
+                module.setStatusDescription('');
+                module.log.style.display = 'block';
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    /* Parse arguments, e.g. /app/?foo=bar&fizz&buzz=3 goes to the app as
+       ['--foo', 'bar', '--fizz', '--buzz', '3'] */
+    const args = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substr(1)).trim().split('&');
+    for(let i = 0; i != args.length; ++i) {
+        let j = args[i].indexOf('=');
+        /* Key + value */
+        if(j != -1) {
+            module.arguments.push('--' + args[i].substring(0, j));
+            module.arguments.push(args[i].substring(j + 1));
+
+        /* Just key */
+        } else module.arguments.push('--' + args[i]);
     }
-};
-
-/* Parse arguments, e.g. /app/?foo=bar&fizz&buzz=3 goes to the app as
-   ['--foo', 'bar', '--fizz', '--buzz', '3'] */
-var args = decodeURIComponent(window.location.search.substr(1)).trim().split('&');
-for(var i = 0; i != args.length; ++i) {
-    var j = args[i].indexOf('=');
-    /* Key + value */
-    if(j != -1) {
-        Module.arguments.push('--' + args[i].substring(0, j));
-        Module.arguments.push(args[i].substring(j + 1));
-
-    /* Just key */
-    } else Module.arguments.push('--' + args[i]);
+
+    Object.assign(module, init);
+
+    module.setStatus("Downloading...");
+    if(module.log)
+        module.log.style.display = 'none';
+
+    return module;
 }
 
-Module.setStatus('Downloading...');
-Module.log.style.display = 'none';
+/* Default global Module object */
+var Module = createMagnumModule();
+
+/* UMD export */
+if(typeof exports === 'object' && typeof module === 'object') /* CommonJS/Node */
+    module.exports = createMagnumModule;
+else if(typeof define === 'function' && define['amd']) /* AMD */
+    define([], function() { return createMagnumModule; });
+else if(typeof exports === 'object') /* CommonJS strict */
+    exports["createMagnumModule"] = createMagnumModule;