diff --git a/emcc.py b/emcc.py
index d02b5276873d2..e734d282e4461 100755
--- a/emcc.py
+++ b/emcc.py
@@ -4167,6 +4167,8 @@ def process_libraries(state, linker_inputs):
       new_flags.append((i, flag))
       continue
     lib = strip_prefix(flag, '-l')
+    if lib == "c":
+      continue
 
     logger.debug('looking for library "%s"', lib)
     js_libs, native_lib = building.map_to_js_libs(lib)
diff --git a/test/test_other.py b/test/test_other.py
index 0d41f9713d3b9..f85ddf70ef8f7 100644
--- a/test/test_other.py
+++ b/test/test_other.py
@@ -13493,3 +13493,7 @@ def test_preload_module(self, args):
   def test_standalone_whole_archive(self):
     self.emcc_args += ['-sSTANDALONE_WASM', '-pthread', '-Wl,--whole-archive', '-lbulkmemory', '-lstandalonewasm', '-Wl,--no-whole-archive']
     self.do_runf(test_file('hello_world.c'))
+
+  def test_lc_side_module(self):
+    create_file('side.c', 'int sidey() { return 42; }')
+    self.run_process([EMCC, '-sSIDE_MODULE', 'side.c', '-o', 'libside.so', '-lc'])