diff --git a/crates/component-macro/tests/codegen/direct-import.wit b/crates/component-macro/tests/codegen/direct-import.wit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b612d6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/component-macro/tests/codegen/direct-import.wit
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+default world foo {
+  import foo: func()
+}
diff --git a/crates/wit-bindgen/src/lib.rs b/crates/wit-bindgen/src/lib.rs
index 5e7e04f0e7..d02e883e7d 100644
--- a/crates/wit-bindgen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wit-bindgen/src/lib.rs
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ impl Wasmtime {
         }
 
         let world_camel = resolve.worlds[world].name.to_upper_camel_case();
+        if self.opts.async_ {
+            uwriteln!(self.src, "#[wasmtime::component::__internal::async_trait]")
+        }
         uwriteln!(self.src, "pub trait {world_camel}Imports {{");
         for sig in functions {
             self.src.push_str(sig);