diff --git a/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/store.h b/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/store.h
index 55c9f680bd..ba1d74a943 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/store.h
+++ b/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime/store.h
@@ -79,6 +79,44 @@ WASM_API_EXTERN wasmtime_store_t *wasmtime_store_new(
  */
 WASM_API_EXTERN wasmtime_context_t *wasmtime_store_context(wasmtime_store_t *store);
 
+/**
+ * \brief Provides limits for a store. Used by hosts to limit resource
+ * consumption of instances. Use negative value to keep the default value
+ * for the limit.
+ *
+ * \param store store where the limits should be set.
+ * \param memory_size the maximum number of bytes a linear memory can grow to.
+ * Growing a linear memory beyond this limit will fail. By default,
+ * linear memory will not be limited.
+ * \param table_elements the maximum number of elements in a table.
+ * Growing a table beyond this limit will fail. By default, table elements
+ * will not be limited.
+ * \param instances the maximum number of instances that can be created
+ * for a Store. Module instantiation will fail if this limit is exceeded.
+ * This value defaults to 10,000.
+ * \param tables the maximum number of tables that can be created for a Store.
+ * Module instantiation will fail if this limit is exceeded. This value
+ * defaults to 10,000.
+ * \param memories the maximum number of linear memories that can be created
+ * for a Store. Instantiation will fail with an error if this limit is exceeded.
+ * This value defaults to 10,000.
+ *
+ * Use any negative value for the parameters that should be kept on
+ * the default values.
+ *
+ * Note that the limits are only used to limit the creation/growth of
+ * resources in the future, this does not retroactively attempt to apply
+ * limits to the store.
+ */
+WASM_API_EXTERN void wasmtime_store_limiter(
+        wasmtime_store_t *store,
+        int64_t memory_size,
+        int64_t table_elements,
+        int64_t instances,
+        int64_t tables,
+        int64_t memories
+);
+
 /**
  * \brief Deletes a store.
  */
diff --git a/crates/c-api/src/store.rs b/crates/c-api/src/store.rs
index cac07b0ca3..3949d46b0e 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/src/store.rs
+++ b/crates/c-api/src/store.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ use crate::{wasm_engine_t, wasmtime_error_t, wasmtime_val_t, ForeignData};
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
 use std::ffi::c_void;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use wasmtime::{AsContext, AsContextMut, Store, StoreContext, StoreContextMut, Val};
+use wasmtime::{
+    AsContext, AsContextMut, Store, StoreContext, StoreContextMut, StoreLimits, StoreLimitsBuilder,
+    Val,
+};
 
 /// This representation of a `Store` is used to implement the `wasm.h` API.
 ///
@@ -77,6 +80,9 @@ pub struct StoreData {
     /// Temporary storage for usage during host->wasm calls, same as above but
     /// for a different direction.
     pub wasm_val_storage: Vec<Val>,
+
+    /// Limits for the store.
+    pub store_limits: StoreLimits,
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_store_new(
                 wasi: None,
                 hostcall_val_storage: Vec::new(),
                 wasm_val_storage: Vec::new(),
+                store_limits: StoreLimits::default(),
             },
         ),
     })
@@ -104,6 +111,35 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_store_context(store: &mut wasmtime_store_t) -> CStore
     store.store.as_context_mut()
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_store_limiter(
+    store: &mut wasmtime_store_t,
+    memory_size: i64,
+    table_elements: i64,
+    instances: i64,
+    tables: i64,
+    memories: i64,
+) {
+    let mut limiter = StoreLimitsBuilder::new();
+    if memory_size >= 0 {
+        limiter = limiter.memory_size(memory_size as usize);
+    }
+    if table_elements >= 0 {
+        limiter = limiter.table_elements(table_elements as u32);
+    }
+    if instances >= 0 {
+        limiter = limiter.instances(instances as usize);
+    }
+    if tables >= 0 {
+        limiter = limiter.tables(tables as usize);
+    }
+    if memories >= 0 {
+        limiter = limiter.memories(memories as usize);
+    }
+    store.store.data_mut().store_limits = limiter.build();
+    store.store.limiter(|data| &mut data.store_limits);
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_context_get_data(store: CStoreContext<'_>) -> *mut c_void {
     store.data().foreign.data