diff --git a/src/node_serdes.cc b/src/node_serdes.cc
index 27b4e9e8b49e6b..58ce70b2e08b5e 100644
--- a/src/node_serdes.cc
+++ b/src/node_serdes.cc
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ DeserializerContext::DeserializerContext(Environment* env,
     length_(Buffer::Length(buffer)),
     deserializer_(env->isolate(), data_, length_, this) {
   object()->Set(env->context(), env->buffer_string(), buffer).FromJust();
+  deserializer_.SetExpectInlineWasm(true);
 
   MakeWeak();
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
index 242f0e1bdae576..3f88503546f453 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-v8-serdes.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
 const common = require('../common');
+const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const v8 = require('v8');
 const os = require('os');
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ const os = require('os');
 const circular = {};
 circular.circular = circular;
 
+const wasmModule = new WebAssembly.Module(fixtures.readSync('test.wasm'));
+
 const objects = [
   { foo: 'bar' },
   { bar: 'baz' },
@@ -20,7 +23,8 @@ const objects = [
   undefined,
   null,
   42,
-  circular
+  circular,
+  wasmModule
 ];
 
 const hostObject = new (internalBinding('js_stream').JSStream)();
@@ -230,3 +234,9 @@ const deserializerTypeError =
     /^TypeError: buffer must be a TypedArray or a DataView$/,
   );
 }
+
+{
+  const deserializedWasmModule = v8.deserialize(v8.serialize(wasmModule));
+  const instance = new WebAssembly.Instance(deserializedWasmModule);
+  assert.strictEqual(instance.exports.addTwo(10, 20), 30);
+}