diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 7bc23b19da..bf397be499 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ bench = false
 [features] 
 default = ["target-aarch64", "target-x86_64", "target-wasm32", "llvm", "editor"]
 
-wasm32-cli-run = ["target-wasm32"]
+wasm32-cli-run = ["target-wasm32", "run-wasm32"]
 i386-cli-run = ["target-x86"]
 
 # This is a separate feature because when we generate docs on Netlify,
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ i386-cli-run = ["target-x86"]
 llvm = ["inkwell", "roc_gen_llvm", "roc_build/llvm"]
 editor = ["roc_editor"]
 
+run-wasm32 = ["wasmer", "wasmer-wasi"]
 
 # Compiling for a different platform than the host can cause linker errors.
 target-arm = ["roc_build/target-arm"]
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ inkwell = { path = "../vendor/inkwell", optional = true }
 target-lexicon = "0.12.2"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
 
-wasmer = { version = "2.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["default-singlepass", "default-universal"]}
-wasmer-wasi = "2.0.0"
+wasmer = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["default-singlepass", "default-universal"]}
+wasmer-wasi = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "1.0"
diff --git a/cli/src/lib.rs b/cli/src/lib.rs
index cd0aa13762..3c0bf5381a 100644
--- a/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ fn roc_run(cmd: &mut Command) -> io::Result<i32> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "run-wasm32")]
 fn run_with_wasmer(wasm_path: &std::path::Path, args: &[String]) {
     use wasmer::{Instance, Module, Store};
 
@@ -441,6 +442,11 @@ fn run_with_wasmer(wasm_path: &std::path::Path, args: &[String]) {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "run-wasm32"))]
+fn run_with_wasmer(_wasm_path: &std::path::Path, _args: &[String]) {
+    println!("Running wasm files not support");
+}
+
 enum Backend {
     Host,
     X86_32,