diff --git a/crates/misc/run-examples/src/main.rs b/crates/misc/run-examples/src/main.rs
index 12746b2a38..0bff7d5c22 100644
--- a/crates/misc/run-examples/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/misc/run-examples/src/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             continue;
         }
 
-        examples.insert((path.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().to_owned(), dir));
+        examples.insert((
+            path.clone(),
+            path.file_stem().unwrap().to_str().unwrap().to_owned(),
+            dir,
+        ));
     }
 
     println!("======== Building libwasmtime.a ===========");
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .args(&["build"])
         .current_dir("crates/c-api"))?;
 
-    for (example, is_dir) in examples {
+    for (example_path, example, is_dir) in examples {
         if example == "README" {
             continue;
         }
@@ -45,10 +49,17 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 .arg(target))?;
         }
         println!("======== Rust example `{}` ============", example);
-        run(Command::new("cargo")
-            .arg("run")
-            .arg("--example")
-            .arg(&example))?;
+        let mut cargo_cmd = Command::new("cargo");
+        cargo_cmd.arg("run").arg("--example").arg(&example);
+        if is_dir {
+            let mut features_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(example_path);
+            features_path.push("CARGO_FEATURES");
+            if features_path.exists() {
+                let features = std::fs::read_to_string(features_path)?;
+                cargo_cmd.arg("--features").arg(features);
+            }
+        }
+        run(&mut cargo_cmd)?;
 
         println!("======== C/C++ example `{}` ============", example);
         for extension in ["c", "cc"].iter() {
diff --git a/examples/tokio/CARGO_FEATURES b/examples/tokio/CARGO_FEATURES
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1c1ff5101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tokio/CARGO_FEATURES
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wasmtime-wasi/tokio
diff --git a/examples/tokio/main.c b/examples/tokio/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6920d8bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tokio/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+    // This example is specific to integrating with Rust's tokio ecosystem, so
+    // it isnt applicable to C/C++.
+    return 0;
+}