diff --git a/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml b/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
index b515f774b..d367e787b 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ libc = { version = "^0.2", default-features = false }
 thiserror = "1"
 typetag = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 paste = "1.0"
+wasmer-vfs = { version = "3.2.0-alpha.1", path = "../vfs", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 field-offset = "0.3.3"