diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 50994c8c2772e2..c2361fb03d1cd8 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -355,6 +355,27 @@
     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',
+    help='linked 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',
@@ -1894,6 +1915,7 @@ def make_bin_override():
 configure_library('brotli', output, pkgname=['libbrotlidec', 'libbrotlienc'])
 configure_library('cares', output, pkgname='libcares')
 configure_library('nghttp2', output, pkgname='libnghttp2')
+configure_library('uvwasi', output, pkgname='libuvwasi')
 configure_v8(output)
 configure_openssl(output)
 configure_intl(output)
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 643c8a43c6ff9c..204826abb01c1b 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     'node_shared_http_parser%': 'false',
     'node_shared_cares%': 'false',
     'node_shared_libuv%': 'false',
+    'node_shared_uvwasi%': 'false',
     'node_shared_nghttp2%': 'false',
     'node_shared_ngtcp2%': 'false',
     'node_shared_nghttp3%': 'false',
@@ -390,7 +391,14 @@
 
       'dependencies': [
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+      ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'msvs_settings': {
@@ -573,7 +581,14 @@
       ],
       'dependencies': [
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+      ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'sources': [
@@ -1267,11 +1282,19 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
         'node_dtrace_header',
         'node_dtrace_ustack',
         'node_dtrace_provider',
       ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'includes': [
         'node.gypi'
       ],
@@ -1281,9 +1304,17 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/cctest',
       ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/include',
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'defines': [
         'NODE_ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
         'NODE_PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
@@ -1311,12 +1342,19 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
         'node_dtrace_header',
         'node_dtrace_ustack',
         'node_dtrace_provider',
       ],
 
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'includes': [
         'node.gypi'
       ],
@@ -1327,10 +1365,17 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/cctest',
       ],
 
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/include',
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'defines': [
         'NODE_ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
         'NODE_PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
@@ -1419,12 +1464,19 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
         'node_dtrace_header',
         'node_dtrace_ustack',
         'node_dtrace_provider',
       ],
 
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'includes': [
         'node.gypi'
       ],
@@ -1435,10 +1487,17 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
         'test/embedding',
       ],
 
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/include',
+          ],
+        }],
+      ],
+
       'sources': [
         'src/node_snapshot_stub.cc',
         'src/node_code_cache_stub.cc',
@@ -1481,7 +1540,14 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+      ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -1494,7 +1560,14 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
+      ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/include',
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'defines': [
@@ -1541,7 +1614,14 @@
       'dependencies': [
         '<(node_lib_target_name)',
         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
-        'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+      ],
+ 
+     'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'dependencies': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi'
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'includes': [
@@ -1554,7 +1634,14 @@
         'deps/v8/include',
         'deps/cares/include',
         'deps/uv/include',
-        'deps/uvwasi/include',
+      ],
+
+      'conditions': [
+        [ 'node_shared_uvwasi=="false"', {
+          'include_dirs': [
+            'deps/uvwasi/include',
+          ],
+        }],
       ],
 
       'defines': [ 'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1' ],