diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/js_generator.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/js_generator.cc
index cfd0e037c90..5542256f388 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/js_generator.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/js_generator.cc
@@ -3625,7 +3625,16 @@ void Generator::GenerateFile(const GeneratorOptions& options,
     if (options.import_style == GeneratorOptions::kImportCommonJsStrict) {
       printer->Print("var proto = {};\n\n");
     } else {
-      printer->Print("var global = Function('return this')();\n\n");
+      // To get the global object we call a function with .call(null), this will set "this" inside the
+      // function to the global object.
+      // This does not work if we are running in strict mode ("use strict"),
+      // so we fallback to the following things (in order from first to last):
+      // - window: defined in browsers
+      // - global: defined in most server side environments like NodeJS
+      // - self: defined inside Web Workers (WorkerGlobalScope)
+      // - Function('return this')(): this will work on most platforms, but it may be blocked by things like CSP.
+      //   Function('') is almost the same as eval('')
+      printer->Print("var global = (function() { return this || window || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);\n\n");
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < file->dependency_count(); i++) {