diff --git a/src/main/cljs/cljs/js.cljs b/src/main/cljs/cljs/js.cljs
index 519bf36e11..ae7f4b1852 100644
--- a/src/main/cljs/cljs/js.cljs
+++ b/src/main/cljs/cljs/js.cljs
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
           (with-out-str
             (comp/emitln (munge ns-name) "."
               (ana/munge-global-export dep)
-              " = goog.global." (get global-exports (symbol dep)) ";")))))
+              " = goog.global[\"" (get global-exports (symbol dep)) "\"];")))))
     (when (and (seq deps) emit-nil-result?)
       (.append sb "null;"))))
 
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/compiler.cljc b/src/main/clojure/cljs/compiler.cljc
index 25492bfff9..d6e77c1965 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/compiler.cljc
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/compiler.cljc
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@
       (let [{:keys [global-exports]} (get js-dependency-index (name lib))]
         (emitln (munge ns-name) "."
           (ana/munge-global-export lib)
-          " = goog.global." (get global-exports (symbol lib)) ";")))
+          " = goog.global[\"" (get global-exports (symbol lib)) "\"];")))
     (when (-> libs meta :reload-all)
       (emitln "if(!COMPILED) " loaded-libs " = cljs.core.into(" loaded-libs-temp ", " loaded-libs ");"))))