diff --git a/res/cases/v1/global_section.wasm b/res/cases/v1/global_section.wasm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eac6e80a
Binary files /dev/null and b/res/cases/v1/global_section.wasm differ
diff --git a/src/builder/table.rs b/src/builder/table.rs
index 6bfcb40c8..54d2c7270 100644
--- a/src/builder/table.rs
+++ b/src/builder/table.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::elements;
 use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
 /// Table definition
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct TableDefinition {
 	/// Minimum length
 	pub min: u32,
@@ -79,9 +79,3 @@ where
 		self.callback.invoke(self.table)
 	}
 }
-
-impl Default for TableDefinition {
-	fn default() -> Self {
-		TableDefinition { min: 0, max: None, elements: Vec::new() }
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/elements/module.rs b/src/elements/module.rs
index 96efa1a90..8cabd3feb 100644
--- a/src/elements/module.rs
+++ b/src/elements/module.rs
@@ -904,6 +904,34 @@ mod integration_tests {
 		assert!(found_section, "Name section should be present in dedicated example");
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn names_with_global_section() {
+		let module = deserialize_file("./res/cases/v1/global_section.wasm")
+			.expect("Should be deserialized")
+			.parse_names()
+			.expect("Names to be parsed");
+
+		let mut found_section = false;
+		for section in module.sections() {
+			if let Section::Name(ref name_section) = *section {
+				let function_name_subsection =
+					name_section.functions().expect("function_name_subsection should be present");
+				assert_eq!(
+					function_name_subsection.names().get(0).expect("Should be entry #0"),
+					"~lib/builtins/abort"
+				);
+				assert_eq!(
+					function_name_subsection.names().get(11).expect("Should be entry #0"),
+					"~lib/typedarray/Uint8Array#__set"
+				);
+
+				found_section = true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		assert!(found_section, "Name section should be present in dedicated example");
+	}
+
 	// This test fixture has FLAG_SHARED so it depends on atomics feature.
 	#[test]
 	fn shared_memory_flag() {
diff --git a/src/elements/name_section.rs b/src/elements/name_section.rs
index 7b005bd5d..f1f340155 100644
--- a/src/elements/name_section.rs
+++ b/src/elements/name_section.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl NameSection {
 		while let Ok(raw_subsection_type) = VarUint7::deserialize(rdr) {
 			let subsection_type = raw_subsection_type.into();
 			// deserialize the section size
-			VarUint32::deserialize(rdr)?;
+			let size: usize = VarUint32::deserialize(rdr)?.into();
 
 			match subsection_type {
 				NAME_TYPE_MODULE => {
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ impl NameSection {
 					local_names = Some(LocalNameSubsection::deserialize(module, rdr)?);
 				},
 
-				_ => return Err(Error::UnknownNameSubsectionType(subsection_type)),
+				_ => {
+					// Consume the entire subsection size and drop it. This allows other sections to still be
+					// consumed if there are any.
+					let mut buf = vec![0; size];
+					rdr.read(&mut buf)?;
+				},
 			};
 		}