diff --git a/wasi-common-cbindgen/src/lib.rs b/wasi-common-cbindgen/src/lib.rs
index 2fa082a3e0..52cdd7999b 100644
--- a/wasi-common-cbindgen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wasi-common-cbindgen/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ extern crate proc_macro;
 
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::{FnArg, ArgCaptured, Pat, PatIdent};
+use syn::{FnArg, ArgCaptured, Pat, PatIdent, TypeReference, Type, Token};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 #[proc_macro_attribute]
@@ -10,8 +10,52 @@ pub fn wasi_common_cbindgen(attr: TokenStream, function: TokenStream) -> TokenSt
     assert!(attr.is_empty());
 
     let function = syn::parse_macro_input!(function as syn::ItemFn);
+    
+    // generate C fn name prefixed with __wasi_
+    let ident = &function.ident;
+    let concatenated = format!("__wasi_{}", ident);
+    let c_fn_ident = syn::Ident::new(&concatenated, ident.span());
+
+    // capture signature
+    let mut arg_ident = Vec::new();
+    let mut arg_type = Vec::new();
+    for input in &function.decl.inputs {
+        match input {
+            FnArg::Captured(ArgCaptured {
+                pat: Pat::Ident(pat @ PatIdent { .. }),
+                colon_token: _,
+                ty,
+            }) => {
+                // parse arg identifier
+                let ident = &pat.ident;
+                arg_ident.push(quote!(#ident));
+                // parse arg type
+                if let Type::Reference(ty @ TypeReference { .. }) = &ty {
+                    // if we're here, then we found a &-ref
+                    // so substitute it for *mut since we're exporting to C
+                    let elem = &ty.elem;
+                    arg_type.push(quote!(*mut #elem));
+                } else {
+                    arg_type.push(quote!(#ty));
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("{:#?}", arg_ident);
+    println!("{:#?}", arg_type);
+
     let result = quote! {
         #function
+
+        pub unsafe extern "C" fn #c_fn_ident(
+            #(
+                #arg_ident: #arg_type,
+            )*
+        ) {
+            
+        }
     };
 
     result.into()