diff --git a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/import.rs b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/import.rs
index abd35c9d0..bdbc1bea3 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/import.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/import.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasmer_import_object_new() -> *mut wasmer_import_object
 #[cfg(feature = "wasi")]
 mod wasi {
     use super::*;
+    use crate::get_slice_checked;
     use std::path::PathBuf;
 
     /// Opens a directory that's visible to the WASI module as `alias` but
@@ -76,7 +77,11 @@ mod wasi {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Creates a WASI import object
+    /// Creates a WASI import object.
+    ///
+    /// This function treats null pointers as empty collections.
+    /// For example, passing null for a string in `args`, will lead to a zero
+    /// length argument in that position.
     #[no_mangle]
     pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasmer_wasi_generate_import_object(
         args: *const wasmer_byte_array,
@@ -88,11 +93,10 @@ mod wasi {
         mapped_dirs: *const wasmer_wasi_map_dir_entry_t,
         mapped_dirs_len: c_uint,
     ) -> *mut wasmer_import_object_t {
-        let arg_list = std::slice::from_raw_parts(args, args_len as usize);
-        let env_list = std::slice::from_raw_parts(envs, envs_len as usize);
-        let preopened_file_list =
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(preopened_files, preopened_files_len as usize);
-        let mapped_dir_list = std::slice::from_raw_parts(mapped_dirs, mapped_dirs_len as usize);
+        let arg_list = get_slice_checked(args, args_len as usize);
+        let env_list = get_slice_checked(envs, envs_len as usize);
+        let preopened_file_list = get_slice_checked(preopened_files, preopened_files_len as usize);
+        let mapped_dir_list = get_slice_checked(mapped_dirs, mapped_dirs_len as usize);
 
         wasmer_wasi_generate_import_object_inner(
             arg_list,
diff --git a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/lib.rs
index a2433afa2..17e96a4c3 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-c-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-c-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ pub struct wasmer_byte_array {
 impl wasmer_byte_array {
     /// Get the data as a slice
     pub unsafe fn as_slice<'a>(&self) -> &'a [u8] {
-        std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.bytes, self.bytes_len as usize)
+        get_slice_checked(self.bytes, self.bytes_len as usize)
     }
 
     /// Copy the data into an owned Vec
@@ -149,3 +149,14 @@ impl wasmer_byte_array {
         std::str::from_utf8(self.as_slice())
     }
 }
+
+/// Gets a slice from a pointer and a length, returning an empty slice if the
+/// pointer is null
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) unsafe fn get_slice_checked<'a, T>(ptr: *const T, len: usize) -> &'a [T] {
+    if ptr.is_null() {
+        &[]
+    } else {
+        std::slice::from_raw_parts(ptr, len)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.h b/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.h
index a13a40c92..23caa54cc 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.h
+++ b/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.h
@@ -781,7 +781,11 @@ bool wasmer_validate(const uint8_t *wasm_bytes, uint32_t wasm_bytes_len);
 wasmer_import_object_t *wasmer_wasi_generate_default_import_object(void);
 
 /**
- * Creates a WASI import object
+ * Creates a WASI import object.
+ *
+ * This function treats null pointers as empty collections.
+ * For example, passing null for a string in `args`, will lead to a zero
+ * length argument in that position.
  */
 wasmer_import_object_t *wasmer_wasi_generate_import_object(const wasmer_byte_array *args,
                                                            unsigned int args_len,
diff --git a/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.hh b/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.hh
index 51cdaa5c9..da8e39118 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.hh
+++ b/lib/runtime-c-api/wasmer.hh
@@ -606,7 +606,11 @@ bool wasmer_validate(const uint8_t *wasm_bytes, uint32_t wasm_bytes_len);
 /// empty values.
 wasmer_import_object_t *wasmer_wasi_generate_default_import_object();
 
-/// Creates a WASI import object
+/// Creates a WASI import object.
+///
+/// This function treats null pointers as empty collections.
+/// For example, passing null for a string in `args`, will lead to a zero
+/// length argument in that position.
 wasmer_import_object_t *wasmer_wasi_generate_import_object(const wasmer_byte_array *args,
                                                            unsigned int args_len,
                                                            const wasmer_byte_array *envs,