diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/func_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/func_translator.rs
index b49cffd474..cced9d87e6 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/func_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/func_translator.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ fn declare_locals<FE: FuncEnvironment + ?Sized>(
         I64 => builder.ins().iconst(ir::types::I64, 0),
         F32 => builder.ins().f32const(ir::immediates::Ieee32::with_bits(0)),
         F64 => builder.ins().f64const(ir::immediates::Ieee64::with_bits(0)),
+        V128 => {
+            let constant_handle = builder.func.dfg.constants.insert([0; 16].to_vec());
+            builder.ins().vconst(ir::types::I8X16, constant_handle)
+        }
         AnyRef => builder.ins().null(environ.reference_type()),
         ty => wasm_unsupported!("unsupported local type {:?}", ty),
     };
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
index 67830af3ff..47aeb495cb 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/sections_translator.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::translation_utils::{
 };
 use crate::{wasm_unsupported, HashMap};
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
+use cranelift_codegen::ir::immediates::Uimm128;
 use cranelift_codegen::ir::{self, AbiParam, Signature};
 use cranelift_entity::EntityRef;
 use std::vec::Vec;
@@ -201,6 +202,9 @@ pub fn parse_global_section(
             Operator::I64Const { value } => GlobalInit::I64Const(value),
             Operator::F32Const { value } => GlobalInit::F32Const(value.bits()),
             Operator::F64Const { value } => GlobalInit::F64Const(value.bits()),
+            Operator::V128Const { value } => {
+                GlobalInit::V128Const(Uimm128::from(value.bytes().to_vec().as_slice()))
+            }
             Operator::GetGlobal { global_index } => {
                 GlobalInit::GetGlobal(GlobalIndex::from_u32(global_index))
             }
diff --git a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
index 7dd774a626..23d2c2892d 100644
--- a/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
+++ b/cranelift/wasm/src/translation_utils.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::wasm_unsupported;
 use core::u32;
 use cranelift_codegen::entity::entity_impl;
 use cranelift_codegen::ir;
+use cranelift_codegen::ir::immediates::Uimm128;
 #[cfg(feature = "enable-serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use wasmparser;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ pub enum GlobalInit {
     /// An `f64.const`.
     F64Const(u64),
     /// A `vconst`.
-    V128Const([u8; 16]),
+    V128Const(Uimm128),
     /// A `get_global` of another global.
     GetGlobal(GlobalIndex),
     ///< The global is imported from, and thus initialized by, a different module.