diff --git a/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime.h b/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime.h
index dc8d91bf72..e5987886c4 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime.h
+++ b/crates/c-api/include/wasmtime.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ WASMTIME_CONFIG_PROP(void, cranelift_debug_verifier, bool)
 WASMTIME_CONFIG_PROP(void, cranelift_opt_level, wasmtime_opt_level_t)
 WASMTIME_CONFIG_PROP(wasmtime_error_t*, profiler, wasmtime_profiling_strategy_t)
 
+WASM_API_EXTERN wasmtime_error_t* wasmtime_config_cache_config_load(wasm_config_t*, const char*);
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // Converts from the text format of WebAssembly to to the binary format.
diff --git a/crates/c-api/src/config.rs b/crates/c-api/src/config.rs
index 5ec6f9b621..eab9119110 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/c-api/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{handle_result, wasmtime_error_t};
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::os::raw::c_char;
 use wasmtime::{Config, OptLevel, ProfilingStrategy, Strategy};
 
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -126,3 +128,21 @@ pub extern "C" fn wasmtime_config_profiler_set(
     });
     handle_result(result, |_cfg| {})
 }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasmtime_config_cache_config_load(
+    c: &mut wasm_config_t,
+    filename: *const c_char,
+) -> Option<Box<wasmtime_error_t>> {
+    handle_result(
+        if filename.is_null() {
+            c.config.cache_config_load_default()
+        } else {
+            match CStr::from_ptr(filename).to_str() {
+                Ok(s) => c.config.cache_config_load(s),
+                Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
+            }
+        },
+        |_cfg| {},
+    )
+}