diff --git a/modules/project-common.nix b/modules/project-common.nix
index 119e3cdb2..60776e4cc 100644
--- a/modules/project-common.nix
+++ b/modules/project-common.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ with lib.types;
     shell = mkOption {
       type = submodule [
         (import ./shell.nix { projectConfig = config; })
-        { _module.args = { inherit (pkgs.haskell-nix) haskellLib; }; }
+        { _module.args = { inherit pkgs; inherit (pkgs.haskell-nix) haskellLib; }; }
       ];
       default = { };
       description = ''
diff --git a/modules/shell.nix b/modules/shell.nix
index 1eab8d137..19c4a7ebc 100644
--- a/modules/shell.nix
+++ b/modules/shell.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,25 @@
     };
     shellHook = lib.mkOption {
       type = lib.types.str;
-      default = "";
+      # Shell hook to set EM_CACHE to a writable temporary directory if not already set
+      default = lib.optionalString pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isGhcjs ''
+        if [ -z "$EM_CACHE" ]; then
+          # Create a unique temporary directory using mktemp
+          EM_CACHE_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t emcache-ghcjs-XXXXXX)
+          
+          # Copy the default Emscripten cache contents to the temporary directory
+          DEFAULT_EM_CACHE="${pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild.emscripten}/share/emscripten/cache"
+          if [ -d "$DEFAULT_EM_CACHE" ]; then
+            cp -r "$DEFAULT_EM_CACHE"/* "$EM_CACHE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+            chmod -R u+w "$EM_CACHE_DIR"
+          fi
+          
+          export EM_CACHE="$EM_CACHE_DIR"
+          echo "Set EM_CACHE to $EM_CACHE"
+        else
+          echo "EM_CACHE already set to $EM_CACHE"
+        fi
+      '';
     };
 
     # mkDerivation args
diff --git a/test/cabal.project.local b/test/cabal.project.local
index 114e70a31..d42019341 100644
--- a/test/cabal.project.local
+++ b/test/cabal.project.local
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ repository head.hackage.ghc.haskell.org
      f76d08be13e9a61a377a85e2fb63f4c5435d40f8feb3e12eb05905edb8cdea89
      26021a13b401500c8eb2761ca95c61f2d625bfef951b939a8124ed12ecf07329
      7541f32a4ccca4f97aea3b22f5e593ba2c0267546016b992dfadcd2fe944e55d
-  --sha256: sha256-T8qW/tiaMGcxxxA4OXBQc07EYXjhYMXSXSgW0Zg3aRo=
+  --sha256: sha256-GDbFKWPkG3IXjgL3DEywVgnMvEMciBfMHdMjhIRFJK4=
 
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