diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
index 15715b2..4a26fa6 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/binary/BinaryModuleWriter.java
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ public class BinaryModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter implements InstructionOpcod
                 //stream.writeVaruint32( pages ); // maximum length
             }
             wasm.writeSection( SectionType.Memory, stream );
+
+            // export the memory with the name "memory"
+            exports.add( new ExportEntry( "memory", ExternalKind.Memory, 0 ) );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
index 694e6b6..435b729 100644
--- a/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
+++ b/src/de/inetsoftware/jwebassembly/text/TextModuleWriter.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class TextModuleWriter extends ModuleWriter {
             int pages = (dataSize + 0xFFFF) / 0x10000;
             newline( output );
             String pagesStr = Integer.toString( pages );
-            output.append( "(memory " ).append( pagesStr ).append( ' ' ).append( pagesStr ).append( ')' );
+            output.append( "(memory (export \"memory\") " ).append( pagesStr ).append( ' ' ).append( pagesStr ).append( ')' );
             newline( output );
             output.append( "(data (i32.const 0) \"" );
             byte[] data = dataStream.toByteArray();