diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5f2fbd04..16b3baa5f 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ option(ENABLE_ASAN  "Enable AddressSanitizer (ASAN) for debugging (degrades perf
 option(ENABLE_UBSAN "Enable UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan) for debugging" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_MSAN "Enable MemorySanitizer (MSan) for debugging (not recommended to run with ASAN)" OFF)
 
+# This helps support the case where emsdk toolchain file is used
+# either by setting it with -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=<path_to_emsdk>/upstream/emscripten/cmake/Modules/Platform/Emscripten.cmake
+# or by using "emcmake cmake -B build -S ." as described in https://emscripten.org/docs/compiling/Building-Projects.html
+if(EMSCRIPTEN)
+  SET(PLATFORM Web CACHE ENUM "Forcing PLATFORM_WEB because EMSCRIPTEN was detected")
+endif()
+
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1")
   if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-std=gnu99 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 08b97ea91..57ba74d47 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ if (APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM STRLESS "Darwin-18.0.0")
   add_definitions(-DGL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)
   MESSAGE(AUTHOR_WARNING "OpenGL is deprecated starting with macOS 10.14 (Mojave)!")
 endif()
-set(OUTPUT_EXT)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM example_sources ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/others/rlgl_standalone.c)
 
 include(CheckIncludeFile)
@@ -85,12 +84,12 @@ elseif(${PLATFORM} MATCHES "Web")
   # Since WASM is used, ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH has no extra overheads
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1 --no-heap-copy")
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} --shell-file ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/shell.html")
-  set(OUTPUT_EXT ".html")
+  set(CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX ".html")
 
   # Remove the -rdynamic flag because otherwise emscripten
   # does not generate HTML+JS+WASM files, only a non-working
   # and fat HTML
-  string(REPLACE "-rdynamic" "" CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS})
+  string(REPLACE "-rdynamic" "" CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_LINK_C_FLAGS}")
 endif()
 
 include_directories(BEFORE SYSTEM others/external/include)
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ endif()
 foreach(example_source ${example_sources})
   # Create the basename for the example
   get_filename_component(example_name ${example_source} NAME)
-  string(REPLACE ".c" "${OUTPUT_EXT}" example_name ${example_name})
+  string(REPLACE ".c" "" example_name ${example_name})
 
   # Setup the example
   add_executable(${example_name} ${example_source})
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ if (${PLATFORM} MATCHES "Desktop")
   foreach (example_source "others/rlgl_standalone.c")
     # Create the basename for the example
     get_filename_component(example_name ${example_source} NAME)
-    string(REPLACE ".c" "${OUTPUT_EXT}" example_name ${example_name})
+    string(REPLACE ".c" "" example_name ${example_name})
     add_executable(${example_name} ${example_source})
     add_dependencies(${example_name} raylib)
     target_link_libraries(${example_name} ${raylib_LDFLAGS})