diff --git a/src/wasm-type.h b/src/wasm-type.h
index d5d1a5348bf..2364641a17c 100644
--- a/src/wasm-type.h
+++ b/src/wasm-type.h
@@ -904,6 +904,8 @@ struct TypeBuilder {
     ForwardChildReference,
     // A continuation reference that does not refer to a function type.
     InvalidFuncType,
+    // A shared type with shared-everything disabled.
+    InvalidSharedType,
     // A non-shared field of a shared heap type.
     InvalidUnsharedField,
     // A describes clause on a non-struct type.
diff --git a/src/wasm/wasm-type.cpp b/src/wasm/wasm-type.cpp
index 70887233cf2..d621df72154 100644
--- a/src/wasm/wasm-type.cpp
+++ b/src/wasm/wasm-type.cpp
@@ -1445,6 +1445,8 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, TypeBuilder::ErrorReason reason) {
       return os << "Heap type has an undeclared child";
     case TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::InvalidFuncType:
       return os << "Continuation has invalid function type";
+    case TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::InvalidSharedType:
+      return os << "Shared types require shared-everything";
     case TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::InvalidUnsharedField:
       return os << "Heap type has an invalid unshared field";
     case TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::NonStructDescribes:
@@ -2470,6 +2472,9 @@ validateType(HeapTypeInfo& info,
     }
   }
   if (info.share == Shared) {
+    if (!features.hasSharedEverything()) {
+      return TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::InvalidSharedType;
+    }
     if (info.described && info.described->share != Shared) {
       return TypeBuilder::ErrorReason::InvalidUnsharedDescribes;
     }
diff --git a/test/lit/basic/print-explicit-typeuse.wast b/test/lit/basic/print-explicit-typeuse.wast
index 367159f373d..310d4b14a68 100644
--- a/test/lit/basic/print-explicit-typeuse.wast
+++ b/test/lit/basic/print-explicit-typeuse.wast
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;; NOTE: Assertions have been generated by update_lit_checks.py --all-items and should not be edited.
-;; RUN: wasm-opt %s --no-validation -S -o - | filecheck %s
+;; RUN: wasm-opt %s --enable-shared-everything --no-validation -S -o - | filecheck %s
 
 ;; Check that we print explicit type uses for function signatures when the
 ;; function type uses non-MVP features, whether or not those features are
diff --git a/test/lit/passes/gto-jsinterop.wast b/test/lit/passes/gto-jsinterop.wast
index 23bc2a5fd02..8a7c5af626a 100644
--- a/test/lit/passes/gto-jsinterop.wast
+++ b/test/lit/passes/gto-jsinterop.wast
@@ -143,35 +143,6 @@
   )
 )
 
-(module
-  (rec
-    ;; CHECK:      (rec
-    ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
-    (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
-    ;; Maybe we will support shared prototypes someday.
-    ;; CHECK:       (type $desc (describes $struct) (struct (field (ref null (shared extern)))))
-    (type $desc (describes $struct) (struct (field (ref null (shared extern)))))
-  )
-
-  ;; CHECK:      (type $2 (func))
-
-  ;; CHECK:      (func $externalize (type $2)
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (local $struct (ref null $struct))
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (drop
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   (extern.convert_any
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:    (local.get $struct)
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   )
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  )
-  ;; CHECK-NEXT: )
-  (func $externalize
-    (local $struct (ref null $struct))
-    (drop
-      (extern.convert_any
-        (local.get $struct)
-      )
-    )
-  )
-)
 
 (module
   (rec
diff --git a/test/lit/passes/gto-shared-jsinterop.wast b/test/lit/passes/gto-shared-jsinterop.wast
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28f632739d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lit/passes/gto-shared-jsinterop.wast
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+;; NOTE: Assertions have been generated by update_lit_checks.py --all-items and should not be edited.
+
+;; RUN: foreach %s %t wasm-opt -all --closed-world --gto --preserve-type-order -S -o - | filecheck %s
+
+(module
+  (rec
+    ;; CHECK:      (rec
+    ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
+    (type $struct (descriptor $desc) (struct))
+    ;; Maybe we will support shared prototypes someday. The shared externref
+    ;; should not be optimized out.
+    ;; CHECK:       (type $desc (describes $struct) (struct (field (ref null (shared extern)))))
+    (type $desc (describes $struct) (struct (field (ref null (shared extern)))))
+  )
+
+  ;; CHECK:      (type $2 (func))
+
+  ;; CHECK:      (func $externalize (type $2)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (local $struct (ref null $struct))
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  (drop
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   (extern.convert_any
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:    (local.get $struct)
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:   )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT:  )
+  ;; CHECK-NEXT: )
+  (func $externalize
+    (local $struct (ref null $struct))
+    (drop
+      (extern.convert_any
+        (local.get $struct)
+      )
+    )
+  )
+)
diff --git a/test/lit/validation/shared-struct.wast b/test/lit/validation/shared-struct.wast
index 1e96dc9f5a5..d2cf8ee00b8 100644
--- a/test/lit/validation/shared-struct.wast
+++ b/test/lit/validation/shared-struct.wast
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ;; RUN: not wasm-opt %s 2>&1 | filecheck %s --check-prefix NO-SHARED
 ;; RUN: wasm-opt %s --enable-reference-types --enable-gc --enable-shared-everything -o - -S | filecheck %s --check-prefix SHARED
 
-;; NO-SHARED: global type requires additional features [--enable-reference-types --enable-gc --enable-shared-everything]
+;; NO-SHARED: invalid type: Shared types require shared-everything
 ;; SHARED: (type $t (shared (struct)))
 
 (module