diff --git a/src/apis/emscripten/env.rs b/src/apis/emscripten/env.rs
index 9ae2d9de5..623de1191 100644
--- a/src/apis/emscripten/env.rs
+++ b/src/apis/emscripten/env.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 use super::super::host;
 /// NOTE: These syscalls only support wasm_32 for now because they take u32 offset
-use libc::{c_int};
+use libc::{c_int, getpwnam as libc_getpwnam, passwd, getgrnam as libc_getgrnam, group};
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::os::raw::c_char;
+use std::{slice, mem};
 
 use crate::webassembly::Instance;
 
@@ -20,3 +21,94 @@ pub extern "C" fn _getenv(name_ptr: c_int, instance: &mut Instance) -> c_int {
         Err(_) => 0,
     }
 }
+
+unsafe fn copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance: &mut Instance, cstr: *const c_char) -> u32 {
+    let s = CStr::from_ptr(cstr).to_str().unwrap();
+    let space_offset = (instance.emscripten_data.malloc)(s.len() as _, instance);
+    let raw_memory = instance.memory_offset_addr(0, space_offset as _) as *mut u8;
+    let mut slice = slice::from_raw_parts_mut(raw_memory, s.len());
+    
+    for (byte, loc) in s.bytes().zip(slice.iter_mut()) {
+        *loc = byte;
+    }
+
+    space_offset
+}
+
+unsafe fn copy_terminated_array_of_cstrs(instance: &mut Instance, cstrs: *mut *mut c_char) -> u32 {
+    let total_num = {
+        let mut ptr = cstrs;
+        let mut counter = 0;
+        while !(*ptr).is_null() {
+            counter += 1;
+            ptr = ptr.add(1);
+        }
+        counter
+    };
+    println!("total_num: {}", total_num);
+    0
+}
+
+pub extern "C" fn _getpwnam(name_ptr: c_int, instance: &mut Instance) -> c_int {
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct GuestPasswd {
+        pw_name: u32,
+        pw_passwd: u32,
+        pw_uid: u32,
+        pw_gid: u32,
+        pw_gecos: u32,
+        pw_dir: u32,
+        pw_shell: u32,
+    }
+
+    debug!("emscripten::_getpwnam {}", name_ptr);
+    let name = unsafe {
+        let memory_name_ptr = instance.memory_offset_addr(0, name_ptr as usize) as *const c_char;
+        CStr::from_ptr(memory_name_ptr)
+    };
+
+    unsafe {
+        let passwd = &*libc_getpwnam(name.as_ptr());
+        let passwd_struct_offset = (instance.emscripten_data.malloc)(mem::size_of::<GuestPasswd>() as _, instance);
+
+        let passwd_struct_ptr = instance.memory_offset_addr(0, passwd_struct_offset as _) as *mut GuestPasswd;
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_name = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, passwd.pw_name);
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_passwd = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, passwd.pw_passwd);
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_gecos = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, passwd.pw_gecos);
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_dir = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, passwd.pw_dir);
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_shell = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, passwd.pw_shell);
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_uid = passwd.pw_uid;
+        (*passwd_struct_ptr).pw_gid = passwd.pw_gid;
+
+        passwd_struct_offset as c_int
+    }
+}
+
+pub extern "C" fn _getgrnam(name_ptr: c_int, instance: &mut Instance) -> c_int {
+    #[repr(C)]
+    struct GuestGroup {
+        gr_name: u32,
+        gr_passwd: u32,
+        gr_gid: u32,
+        gr_mem: u32,
+    }
+
+    debug!("emscripten::_getgrnam {}", name_ptr);
+    let name = unsafe {
+        let memory_name_ptr = instance.memory_offset_addr(0, name_ptr as usize) as *const c_char;
+        CStr::from_ptr(memory_name_ptr)
+    };
+
+    unsafe {
+        let group = &*libc_getgrnam(name.as_ptr());
+        let group_struct_offset = (instance.emscripten_data.malloc)(mem::size_of::<GuestGroup>() as _, instance);
+
+        let group_struct_ptr = instance.memory_offset_addr(0, group_struct_offset as _) as *mut GuestGroup;
+        (*group_struct_ptr).gr_name = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, group.gr_name);
+        (*group_struct_ptr).gr_passwd = copy_cstr_into_wasm(instance, group.gr_passwd);
+        (*group_struct_ptr).gr_gid = group.gr_gid;
+        (*group_struct_ptr).gr_mem = copy_terminated_array_of_cstrs(instance, group.gr_mem);
+
+        group_struct_offset as c_int
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/apis/emscripten/mod.rs b/src/apis/emscripten/mod.rs
index 51120a7f5..3b5a5f218 100644
--- a/src/apis/emscripten/mod.rs
+++ b/src/apis/emscripten/mod.rs
@@ -258,6 +258,19 @@ pub fn generate_emscripten_env<'a, 'b>() -> ImportObject<&'a str, &'b str> {
         "nullFunc_viiii",
         ImportValue::Func(nullfunc::nullfunc_viiii as *const u8),
     );
+
+    // named syscalls
+    import_object.set(
+        "env",
+        "_getpwnam",
+        ImportValue::Func(env::_getpwnam as _),
+    );
+    // import_object.set(
+    //     "env",
+    //     "_getgrnam",
+    //     ImportValue::Func(env::_getgrnam as _),
+    // );
+
     import_object
 }
 
diff --git a/src/webassembly/instance.rs b/src/webassembly/instance.rs
index aec3ca8a3..1c9667cc3 100644
--- a/src/webassembly/instance.rs
+++ b/src/webassembly/instance.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::ptr::write_unaligned;
-use std::slice;
+use std::{fmt, slice, mem};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use super::super::common::slice::{BoundedSlice, UncheckedSlice};
@@ -68,6 +68,20 @@ fn get_function_addr(
     func_pointer
 }
 
+pub struct EmscriptenData {
+    pub malloc: extern fn(i32, &mut Instance) -> u32,
+    pub free: extern fn(i32, &mut Instance),
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for EmscriptenData {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("EmscriptenData")
+            .field("malloc", &(self.malloc as usize))
+            .field("free", &(self.free as usize))
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
 /// An Instance of a WebAssembly module
 /// NOTE: There is an assumption that data_pointers is always the
 ///      first field
@@ -98,6 +112,7 @@ pub struct Instance {
     pub start_func: Option<FuncIndex>,
     // Region start memory location
     // code_base: *const (),
+    pub emscripten_data: EmscriptenData,
 }
 
 /// Contains pointers to data (heaps, globals, tables) needed
@@ -494,6 +509,27 @@ impl Instance {
             tables: tables_pointer[..].into(),
         };
 
+        let emscripten_data = unsafe {
+            let malloc_index = if let Some(Export::Function(index)) = module.info.exports.get("_malloc") {
+                index
+            } else {
+                panic!("Unable to find _malloc export")
+            };
+            let malloc_addr = get_function_addr(&malloc_index, &import_functions, &functions);
+
+            let free_index = if let Some(Export::Function(index)) = module.info.exports.get("_free") {
+                index
+            } else {
+                panic!("Unable to find _free export")
+            };
+            let free_addr = get_function_addr(&free_index, &import_functions, &functions);
+
+            EmscriptenData {
+                malloc: mem::transmute(malloc_addr),
+                free: mem::transmute(free_addr),
+            }
+        };
+
         Ok(Instance {
             data_pointers,
             tables: Arc::new(tables.into_iter().collect()), // tables.into_iter().map(|table| RwLock::new(table)).collect()),
@@ -502,7 +538,7 @@ impl Instance {
             functions,
             import_functions,
             start_func,
-            // emscripten_data,
+            emscripten_data,
         })
     }