diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0ff9d94611889..ab5c508087c7b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ jobs:
             wasmfs.test_fs_llseek_rawfs
             wasmfs.test_freetype
             minimal0.test_utf
+            minimal0.test_static_variable
             omitexports0.test_asyncify_longjmp
             strict.test_no_declare_asm_module_exports
             "
diff --git a/src/postamble_minimal.js b/src/postamble_minimal.js
index 68d7bb38daf6b..b45b2724ee899 100644
--- a/src/postamble_minimal.js
+++ b/src/postamble_minimal.js
@@ -80,7 +80,23 @@ function run() {
   _main({{{ argc_argv() }}}).then(exitRuntime);
 #elif EXIT_RUNTIME
   // In regular exitRuntime mode, exit with the given return code from main().
-  exitRuntime(_main({{{ argc_argv() }}}));
+  try {
+    exitRuntime(_main({{{ argc_argv() }}}));
+  } catch(e) {
+    var exitCode = e.match(/^exit\(\d+\)$/);
+    if (exitCode) {
+      throw e;
+    }
+#if RUNTIME_DEBUG
+    dbg(`main() called ${e}.`); // e.g. "main() called exit(0)."
+#endif
+    // Report to Module that the program exited. TODO: Find a way to not emit
+    // this code unconditionally, as it may not be needed by the user. In
+    // MINIMAL_RUNTIME, the use of Module object is discouraged, since it leads
+    // to non-DCEable patterns of code. This call is present here mainly for
+    // Emscripten test harness purposes.
+    Module['onExit']?.(exitCode[1]);
+  }
 #else
   // Run a persistent (never-exiting) application starting at main().
   _main({{{ argc_argv() }}});