diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8bd4447fd12d..641f3b46cf09 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 gdal.js
 *.swp
-*.mem
+*js.mem
+*.data
+*.wasm
+dist
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1139f1820076..35a4b2e95932 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -125,5 +125,7 @@ $(PROJ4)/configure: $(PROJ4)/autogen.sh
 clean:
 	cd $(PROJ4) && git clean -X -d --force .
 	cd $(GDAL) && git clean -X -d --force .
-	rm -f gdal.js.mem
+	rm -f gdal.wasm
 	rm -f gdal.js
+	rm -f gdal.js.mem
+	rm -f gdal.data
diff --git a/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.js.mem b/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.js.mem
deleted file mode 120000
index 7f96b5870cdd..000000000000
--- a/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.js.mem
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../gdal.js.mem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.wasm b/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.wasm
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..0901e5ad69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/inspect_geotiff/gdal.wasm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../gdal.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/map_extent/gdal.wasm b/examples/map_extent/gdal.wasm
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..0901e5ad69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/map_extent/gdal.wasm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../gdal.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/thumbnail/gdal.wasm b/examples/thumbnail/gdal.wasm
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..0901e5ad69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/thumbnail/gdal.wasm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../gdal.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/thumbnail_map/gdal.wasm b/examples/thumbnail_map/gdal.wasm
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..0901e5ad69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/thumbnail_map/gdal.wasm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../gdal.wasm
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/tile_tiff/gdal.wasm b/examples/tile_tiff/gdal.wasm
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..0901e5ad69f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tile_tiff/gdal.wasm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../gdal.wasm
\ No newline at end of file