diff --git a/src/lib/libwasmfs.js b/src/lib/libwasmfs.js
index f2f166619b5ff..34d8216a27b59 100644
--- a/src/lib/libwasmfs.js
+++ b/src/lib/libwasmfs.js
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ FS.init();
       FS.ErrnoError.prototype = new Error();
       FS.ErrnoError.prototype.constructor = FS.ErrnoError;
     },
+    createFile(parent, name, backend, canRead, canWrite) {
+      var pathName = name ? parent + '/' + name : parent;
+      var mode = FS_getMode(canRead, canWrite);
+      return FS.handleError(withStackSave(() => _wasmfs_create_file(stringToUTF8OnStack(path), mode, backend)));
+    },
     createDataFile(parent, name, fileData, canRead, canWrite, canOwn) {
       FS_createDataFile(parent, name, fileData, canRead, canWrite, canOwn);
     },
diff --git a/test/fs/test_fs_js_api.c b/test/fs/test_fs_js_api.c
index 184de18a85351..13e3140d53cb8 100644
--- a/test/fs/test_fs_js_api.c
+++ b/test/fs/test_fs_js_api.c
@@ -469,6 +469,23 @@ void cleanup() {
     remove("closetestfile");
 }
 
+void test_fs_createfile_js() {
+#if WASMFS
+  EM_ASM(
+         var backend = MEMFS.createBackend({});
+         var file = FS.createFile("/", "test.txt", backend, true, true);
+         if (file <= 0) throw "No file created";
+         FS.close(file);
+         );
+#else
+  EM_ASM(
+         var file = FS.createFile("/", "test.txt", {}, true, true);
+         if (file <= 0) throw "No file created";
+         FS.close(file);
+         );
+#endif
+}
+
 int main() {
     test_fs_open();
     test_fs_createPath();
@@ -484,6 +501,7 @@ int main() {
     // TODO: Fix legacy API FS.mmap bug involving emscripten_builtin_memalign
     test_fs_mmap();
 #endif
+    test_fs_createfile_js();
     test_fs_mkdirTree();
     test_fs_utime();