diff --git a/client/executor/benches/bench.rs b/client/executor/benches/bench.rs
index 772898b8c76b3..2844b510edc74 100644
--- a/client/executor/benches/bench.rs
+++ b/client/executor/benches/bench.rs
@@ -188,12 +188,19 @@ fn bench_call_instance(c: &mut Criterion) {
 			},
 		),
 		(
-			"pooling_vanilla",
+			"pooling_vanilla_fresh",
 			Method::Compiled {
 				instantiation_strategy: InstantiationStrategy::Pooling,
 				precompile: false,
 			},
 		),
+		(
+			"pooling_vanilla_precompiled",
+			Method::Compiled {
+				instantiation_strategy: InstantiationStrategy::Pooling,
+				precompile: true,
+			},
+		),
 		(
 			"pooling_cow_fresh",
 			Method::Compiled {
diff --git a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/lib.rs b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
index c45478ec46a37..82e62b4a5dd3c 100644
--- a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mod util;
 mod tests;
 
 pub use runtime::{
-	create_runtime, create_runtime_from_artifact, prepare_runtime_artifact, Config,
-	DeterministicStackLimit, InstantiationStrategy, Semantics,
+	create_runtime, create_runtime_from_artifact, create_runtime_from_artifact_bytes,
+	prepare_runtime_artifact, Config, DeterministicStackLimit, InstantiationStrategy, Semantics,
+	WasmtimeRuntime,
 };
diff --git a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/runtime.rs b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/runtime.rs
index c9a2c83e0493c..23b069870aa36 100644
--- a/client/executor/wasmtime/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/client/executor/wasmtime/src/runtime.rs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ pub struct DeterministicStackLimit {
 /// All of the CoW strategies (with `CopyOnWrite` suffix) are only supported when either:
 ///   a) we're running on Linux,
 ///   b) we're running on an Unix-like system and we're precompiling
-///      our module beforehand.
+///      our module beforehand and instantiating from a file.
 ///
 /// If the CoW variant of a strategy is unsupported the executor will
 /// fall back to the non-CoW equivalent.
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ enum CodeSupplyMode<'a> {
 	/// The runtime is instantiated using the given runtime blob.
 	Fresh(RuntimeBlob),
 
-	/// The runtime is instantiated using a precompiled module.
+	/// The runtime is instantiated using a precompiled module at the given path.
 	///
 	/// This assumes that the code is already prepared for execution and the same `Config` was
 	/// used.
@@ -545,6 +545,12 @@ enum CodeSupplyMode<'a> {
 	/// We use a `Path` here instead of simply passing a byte slice to allow `wasmtime` to
 	/// map the runtime's linear memory on supported platforms in a copy-on-write fashion.
 	Precompiled(&'a Path),
+
+	/// The runtime is instantiated using a precompiled module with the given bytes.
+	///
+	/// This assumes that the code is already prepared for execution and the same `Config` was
+	/// used.
+	PrecompiledBytes(&'a [u8]),
 }
 
 /// Create a new `WasmtimeRuntime` given the code. This function performs translation from Wasm to
@@ -589,6 +595,31 @@ where
 	do_create_runtime::<H>(CodeSupplyMode::Precompiled(compiled_artifact_path), config)
 }
 
+/// The same as [`create_runtime`] but takes the bytes of a precompiled artifact,
+/// which makes this function considerably faster than [`create_runtime`],
+/// but slower than the more optimized [`create_runtime_from_artifact`].
+/// This is especially slow on non-Linux Unix systems. Useful in very niche cases.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// The caller must ensure that the compiled artifact passed here was:
+///   1) produced by [`prepare_runtime_artifact`],
+///   2) was not modified,
+///
+/// Failure to adhere to these requirements might lead to crashes and arbitrary code execution.
+///
+/// It is ok though if the compiled artifact was created by code of another version or with
+/// different configuration flags. In such case the caller will receive an `Err` deterministically.
+pub unsafe fn create_runtime_from_artifact_bytes<H>(
+	compiled_artifact_bytes: &[u8],
+	config: Config,
+) -> std::result::Result<WasmtimeRuntime, WasmError>
+where
+	H: HostFunctions,
+{
+	do_create_runtime::<H>(CodeSupplyMode::PrecompiledBytes(compiled_artifact_bytes), config)
+}
+
 /// # Safety
 ///
 /// This is only unsafe if called with [`CodeSupplyMode::Artifact`]. See
@@ -663,6 +694,22 @@ where
 
 			(module, InternalInstantiationStrategy::Builtin)
 		},
+		CodeSupplyMode::PrecompiledBytes(compiled_artifact_bytes) => {
+			if let InstantiationStrategy::LegacyInstanceReuse =
+				config.semantics.instantiation_strategy
+			{
+				return Err(WasmError::Other("the legacy instance reuse instantiation strategy is incompatible with precompiled modules".into()));
+			}
+
+			// SAFETY: The unsafety of `deserialize` is covered by this function. The
+			//         responsibilities to maintain the invariants are passed to the caller.
+			//
+			//         See [`create_runtime_from_artifact_bytes`] for more details.
+			let module = wasmtime::Module::deserialize(&engine, compiled_artifact_bytes)
+				.map_err(|e| WasmError::Other(format!("cannot deserialize module: {:#}", e)))?;
+
+			(module, InternalInstantiationStrategy::Builtin)
+		},
 	};
 
 	let mut linker = wasmtime::Linker::new(&engine);