diff --git a/src/bin/wasmer.rs b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
index 5f80c2640f0..ceb6604d634 100644
--- a/src/bin/wasmer.rs
+++ b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
 
     // TODO: refactor this
     #[cfg(not(feature = "wasi"))]
-    let (_abi, import_object, _em_globals) = if wasmer_emscripten::is_emscripten_module(&module) {
+    let (abi, import_object, _em_globals) = if wasmer_emscripten::is_emscripten_module(&module) {
         let mut emscripten_globals = wasmer_emscripten::EmscriptenGlobals::new(&module);
         (
             InstanceABI::Emscripten,
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
     };
 
     #[cfg(feature = "wasi")]
-    let (_abi, import_object) = if wasmer_wasi::is_wasi_module(&module) {
+    let (abi, import_object) = if wasmer_wasi::is_wasi_module(&module) {
         (
             InstanceABI::WASI,
             wasmer_wasi::generate_import_object(
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ fn execute_wasm(options: &Run) -> Result<(), String> {
     webassembly::run_instance(
         &module,
         &mut instance,
+        abi,
         options.path.to_str().unwrap(),
         options.args.iter().map(|arg| arg.as_str()).collect(),
     )
diff --git a/src/webassembly.rs b/src/webassembly.rs
index 51f1e7a927d..01367795aed 100644
--- a/src/webassembly.rs
+++ b/src/webassembly.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use wasmer_runtime::{
 use wasmer_runtime_core::backend::CompilerConfig;
 use wasmer_runtime_core::types::Value;
 
-use wasmer_emscripten::{is_emscripten_module, run_emscripten_instance};
+use wasmer_emscripten::run_emscripten_instance;
 
 pub struct ResultObject {
     /// A webassembly::Module object representing the compiled WebAssembly module.
@@ -93,18 +93,24 @@ pub fn compile_with_config(
 pub fn run_instance(
     module: &Module,
     instance: &mut Instance,
+    abi: InstanceABI,
     path: &str,
     args: Vec<&str>,
 ) -> CallResult<()> {
-    if is_emscripten_module(module) {
-        run_emscripten_instance(module, instance, path, args)?;
-    } else {
-        let args: Vec<Value> = args
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|x| Value::I32(x.parse().unwrap()))
-            .collect();
-        instance.call("main", &args)?;
-    };
-
+    match abi {
+        InstanceABI::Emscripten => {
+            run_emscripten_instance(module, instance, path, args)?;
+        }
+        InstanceABI::WASI => {
+            instance.call("_start", &[])?;
+        }
+        InstanceABI::None => {
+            let args: Vec<Value> = args
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|x| Value::I32(x.parse().unwrap()))
+                .collect();
+            instance.call("main", &args)?;
+        }
+    }
     Ok(())
 }