diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/scripts/build-wasm.sh b/tfjs-backend-wasm/scripts/build-wasm.sh
index 73e950a2d5..4171bbb894 100755
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/scripts/build-wasm.sh
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/scripts/build-wasm.sh
@@ -33,18 +33,19 @@ cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm/tfjs-backend-was
 
 if [[ "$1" != "--dev" ]]; then
   # SIMD and threaded + SIMD builds.
-  yarn bazel build $BAZEL_REMOTE -c opt --copt="-msimd128" //tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc:tfjs-backend-wasm-simd \
-    //tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc:tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd
+  yarn bazel build $BAZEL_REMOTE -c opt --copt="-msimd128" //tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc:tfjs-backend-wasm-simd
+  yarn bazel build $BAZEL_REMOTE -c opt --copt="-pthread" --copt="-msimd128" //tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc:tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd
+
   # Copy SIMD
-  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm \
+  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.wasm \
     ../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.wasm
 
   # Copy threaded
-  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm.js \
+  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.js \
     ../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.js
-  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm.worker.js \
+  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.worker.js \
     ../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.worker.js
-  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm \
+  cp -f ../../dist/bin/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.wasm \
     ../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.wasm
 
   node ./create-worker-module.js
diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/backend_wasm.ts b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/backend_wasm.ts
index e33ac8729d..640c879223 100644
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/backend_wasm.ts
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/backend_wasm.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import './flags_wasm';
 import {backend_util, BackendTimingInfo, DataStorage, DataType, deprecationWarn, engine, env, KernelBackend, TensorInfo, util} from '@tensorflow/tfjs-core';
 
 import {BackendWasmModule, WasmFactoryConfig} from '../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm';
+import {BackendWasmThreadedSimdModule} from '../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd';
 import wasmFactoryThreadedSimd from '../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.js';
 // @ts-ignore
 import {wasmWorkerContents} from '../wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.worker.js';
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export class BackendWasm extends KernelBackend {
   private dataIdNextNumber = 1;
   dataIdMap: DataStorage<TensorData>;
 
-  constructor(public wasm: BackendWasmModule) {
+  constructor(public wasm: BackendWasmModule | BackendWasmThreadedSimdModule) {
     super();
     this.wasm.tfjs.init();
     this.dataIdMap = new DataStorage(this, engine());
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ export class BackendWasm extends KernelBackend {
 
   dispose() {
     this.wasm.tfjs.dispose();
+    if ('PThread' in this.wasm) {
+      this.wasm.PThread.terminateAllThreads();
+    }
     this.wasm = null;
   }
 
@@ -214,7 +218,7 @@ function createInstantiateWasmFunc(path: string) {
       }
       response.arrayBuffer().then(binary => {
         WebAssembly.instantiate(binary, imports).then(output => {
-          callback(output.instance);
+          callback(output.instance, output.module);
         });
       });
     });
diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/BUILD b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/BUILD
index 42f36072dc..bb4c0b056e 100644
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/BUILD
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/cc/BUILD
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@ KERNELS_WITH_KEEPALIVE = glob(
     exclude = ["**/*_test.cc"],
 )
 
+BASE_LINKOPTS = [
+    "-s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1",
+    "-s DEFAULT_LIBRARY_FUNCS_TO_INCLUDE=[]",
+    "-s DISABLE_EXCEPTION_CATCHING=1",
+    "-s FILESYSTEM=0",
+    "-s EXIT_RUNTIME=0",
+    "-s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS='[\"_malloc\", \"_free\"]'",
+    "-s EXTRA_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS='[\"cwrap\"]'",
+    "-s MODULARIZE=1",
+    "-s MALLOC=emmalloc",
+]
+
 # This build rule generates tfjs-backend-wasm.{js,wasm}.
 #
 # The ".js" at the end of the build name is significant because it determines
@@ -19,17 +31,36 @@ KERNELS_WITH_KEEPALIVE = glob(
 cc_binary(
     name = "tfjs-backend-wasm.js",
     srcs = ["backend.cc"] + KERNELS_WITH_KEEPALIVE,
-    linkopts = [
-        "-s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1",
-        "-s DEFAULT_LIBRARY_FUNCS_TO_INCLUDE=[]",
-        "-s DISABLE_EXCEPTION_CATCHING=1",
-        "-s FILESYSTEM=0",
-        "-s EXIT_RUNTIME=0",
-        "-s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS='[\"_malloc\", \"_free\"]'",
-        "-s EXTRA_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS='[\"cwrap\"]'",
-        "-s MODULARIZE=1",
+    linkopts = BASE_LINKOPTS + [
         "-s EXPORT_NAME=WasmBackendModule",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":all_kernels",
+        ":backend",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_binary(
+    name = "tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.js",
+    srcs = ["backend.cc"] + KERNELS_WITH_KEEPALIVE,
+    linkopts = BASE_LINKOPTS,
+    deps = [
+        ":all_kernels",
+        ":backend",
+    ],
+)
+
+cc_binary(
+    name = "tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.js",
+    srcs = ["backend.cc"] + KERNELS_WITH_KEEPALIVE,
+    linkopts = BASE_LINKOPTS + [
+        "-s EXPORT_NAME=WasmBackendModuleThreadedSimd",
         "-s MALLOC=emmalloc",
+        "-s USE_PTHREADS=1",
+        "-s PROXY_TO_PTHREAD=1",
+        # Many x86-64 processors have 2 threads per core, so we divide by 2.
+        "-s PTHREAD_POOL_SIZE=" +
+        "'Math.min(4, Math.max(1, (navigator.hardwareConcurrency || 1) / 2))'",
     ],
     deps = [
         ":all_kernels",
@@ -44,13 +75,13 @@ wasm_cc_binary(
 
 wasm_cc_binary(
     name = "tfjs-backend-wasm-simd",
-    cc_target = ":tfjs-backend-wasm.js",
+    cc_target = ":tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.js",
     simd = True,
 )
 
 wasm_cc_binary(
     name = "tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd",
-    cc_target = ":tfjs-backend-wasm.js",
+    cc_target = ":tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.js",
     simd = True,
     threads = "emscripten",
 )
diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/index_test.ts b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/index_test.ts
index 4ff26f19be..ce0ef4f612 100644
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/index_test.ts
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/src/index_test.ts
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ describeWithFlags('wasm init', BROWSER_ENVS, () => {
            {
              'tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm': '/base/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm',
              'tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.wasm':
-                 '/base/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm',
+                 '/base/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-simd.wasm',
              'tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.wasm':
-                 '/base/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm.wasm'
+                 '/base/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.wasm'
            },
            usePlatformFetch);
        let wasmPath: string;
diff --git a/tfjs-backend-wasm/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.d.ts b/tfjs-backend-wasm/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.d.ts
index c1d20303be..71ef9ef109 100644
--- a/tfjs-backend-wasm/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.d.ts
+++ b/tfjs-backend-wasm/wasm-out/tfjs-backend-wasm-threaded-simd.d.ts
@@ -15,16 +15,13 @@
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
-export interface BackendWasmModule extends EmscriptenModule {
-  // Using the tfjs namespace to avoid conflict with emscripten's API.
-  tfjs: {
-    init(): void,
-    registerTensor(id: number, size: number, memoryOffset: number): void,
-    // Disposes the data behind the data bucket.
-    disposeData(id: number): void,
-    // Disposes the backend and all of its associated data.
-    dispose(): void,
-  }
+import {BackendWasmModule} from './tfjs-backend-wasm';
+
+export interface BackendWasmThreadedSimdModule extends BackendWasmModule {
+  PThread: {
+    // Terminates all webworkers
+    terminateAllThreads(): void,
+  };
 }
 
 export interface WasmFactoryConfig {