diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 5b4f950e2be2cc..ff5e72fc1a9775 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -354,6 +354,28 @@
     dest='shared_openssl_libpath',
     help='a directory to search for the shared OpenSSL DLLs')
 
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-uvwasi',
+    action='store_true',
+    dest='shared_uvwasi',
+    default=None,
+    help='link to a shared uvwasi DLL instead of static linking')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-uvwasi-includes',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_uvwasi_includes',
+    help='directory containing uvwasi header files')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-uvwasi-libname',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_uvwasi_libname',
+    default='uvwasi',
+    help='alternative lib name to link to [default: %default]')
+
+shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-uvwasi-libpath',
+    action='store',
+    dest='shared_uvwasi_libpath',
+    help='a directory to search for the shared uvwasi DLL')
+
 shared_optgroup.add_argument('--shared-zlib',
     action='store_true',
     dest='shared_zlib',
@@ -1940,6 +1962,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
 configure_library('nghttp2', output, pkgname='libnghttp2')
 configure_library('nghttp3', output, pkgname='libnghttp3')
 configure_library('ngtcp2', output, pkgname='libngtcp2')
+configure_library('uvwasi', output, pkgname='libuvwasi')
 configure_v8(output)
 configure_openssl(output)
 configure_intl(output)
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 6efd75dce48ef4..62d98ba2c8ebdd 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     'node_shared_http_parser%': 'false',
     'node_shared_cares%': 'false',
     'node_shared_libuv%': 'false',
+    'node_shared_uvwasi%': 'false',
     'node_shared_nghttp2%': 'false',
     'node_use_openssl%': 'true',
     'node_shared_openssl%': 'false',
@@ -160,7 +161,6 @@
 
       'dependencies': [
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
 
       'msvs_settings': {
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@
         'deps/base64/base64.gyp:base64',
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest_prod',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
 
       'sources': [
@@ -912,8 +911,8 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
+
       'includes': [
         'node.gypi'
       ],
@@ -923,9 +922,9 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/cctest',
       ],
+
       'defines': [
         'NODE_ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
         'NODE_PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
@@ -955,7 +954,6 @@
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest',
         'deps/googletest/googletest.gyp:gtest_main',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -968,7 +966,6 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/cctest',
       ],
 
@@ -1050,7 +1047,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -1063,7 +1059,6 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/embedding',
       ],
 
@@ -1119,7 +1114,6 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -1132,7 +1126,6 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
       ],
 
       'defines': [ 'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1' ],
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index d24928df8b29c9..10597bc35acdb5 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@
       ],
     }],
 
+    [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+      'dependencies': [ 'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'node_shared_nghttp2=="false"', {
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/nghttp2/nghttp2.gyp:nghttp2' ],
     }],