diff --git a/crates/misc/rust/macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/misc/rust/macro/src/lib.rs
index be1c1b4783..76e9c1d0bc 100644
--- a/crates/misc/rust/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/misc/rust/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn generate_load(item: &syn::ItemTrait) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
 
             let mut imports: Vec<Extern> = Vec::new();
             if let Some(module_name) = data.find_wasi_module_name() {
-                let wasi_instance = wasmtime_wasi::create_wasi_instance(&store, &[], &[], &[])
+                let wasi_instance = #root::wasmtime_wasi::create_wasi_instance(&store, &[], &[], &[])
                     .map_err(|e| format_err!("wasm instantiation error: {:?}", e))?;
                 for i in module.borrow().imports().iter() {
                     if i.module().as_str() != module_name {
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ fn generate_methods(item: &syn::ItemTrait) -> syn::Result<TokenStream> {
         if let Some(t) = &method.sig.asyncness {
             bail!(t, "cannot be `async`");
         }
+        match &method.sig.inputs.first() {
+            Some(syn::FnArg::Receiver(_)) => {}
+            Some(t) => bail!(t, "first arugment needs to be \"self\""),
+            None => bail!(
+                method.sig,
+                "trait method requires at least one argument which needs to be \"self\""
+            ),
+        }
 
         let mut args = Vec::new();
         for arg in method.sig.inputs.iter() {
diff --git a/crates/misc/rust/src/lib.rs b/crates/misc/rust/src/lib.rs
index 4e3ce43098..027076958e 100644
--- a/crates/misc/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/misc/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub mod __rt {
     pub use wasmtime_api;
     pub use wasmtime_interface_types;
     pub use wasmtime_jit;
+    pub use wasmtime_wasi;
 
     use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
     use wasmtime_interface_types::Value;