diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
index 3ac5105cf..5e68f96af 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-wasmer-runtime-core = { path = "../runtime-core", version = "0.2.0" }
+wasmer-runtime-core = { path = "../runtime-core", version = "0.2.1" }
 cranelift-native = "0.26.0"
 cranelift-codegen = "0.26.0"
 cranelift-entity = "0.26.0"
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ wasmer-win-exception-handler = { path = "../win-exception-handler", version = "0
 
 [features]
 debug = ["wasmer-runtime-core/debug"]
+vfs = ["wasmer-runtime-core/vfs"]
diff --git a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
index 9e934ee0a..a0929e03b 100644
--- a/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/clif-backend/src/module.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ impl Module {
 
                 namespace_table: StringTable::new(),
                 name_table: StringTable::new(),
+
+                #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+                custom_sections: HashMap::new(),
             },
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml b/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
index c6ac22f40..6ba8c0e56 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ field-offset = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
 debug = []
-
+vfs = []
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
index 9e99c2833..63297554f 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/error.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ pub type LinkResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Vec<LinkError>>;
 pub type RuntimeResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, RuntimeError>;
 pub type CallResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, CallError>;
 pub type ResolveResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, ResolveError>;
+#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+pub type ParseResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, ParseError>;
 
 /// This is returned when the chosen compiler is unable to
 /// successfully compile the provided webassembly module into
@@ -445,3 +447,16 @@ impl Into<GrowError> for MemoryProtectionError {
         GrowError::CouldNotProtectMemory(self)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ParseError {
+    BinaryReadError,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+impl From<wasmparser::BinaryReaderError> for ParseError {
+    fn from(_: wasmparser::BinaryReaderError) -> Self {
+        ParseError::BinaryReadError
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
index 663e17534..83b9e110b 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,9 +67,16 @@ pub fn compile_with(
     compiler: &dyn backend::Compiler,
 ) -> CompileResult<module::Module> {
     let token = backend::Token::generate();
-    compiler
-        .compile(wasm, token)
-        .map(|inner| module::Module::new(Arc::new(inner)))
+    compiler.compile(wasm, token).map(|inner| {
+        #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+        let inner = {
+            let mut inner = inner;
+            let inner_info: &mut crate::module::ModuleInfo = &mut inner.info;
+            inner_info.import_custom_sections(wasm).unwrap();
+            inner
+        };
+        module::Module::new(Arc::new(inner))
+    })
 }
 
 /// Perform validation as defined by the
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
index 212c197c3..5bf2df172 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/module.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ pub struct ModuleInfo {
 
     pub namespace_table: StringTable<NamespaceIndex>,
     pub name_table: StringTable<NameIndex>,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+    pub custom_sections: HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+impl ModuleInfo {
+    #[cfg(feature = "vfs")]
+    pub fn import_custom_sections(&mut self, wasm: &[u8]) -> crate::error::ParseResult<()> {
+        let mut parser = wasmparser::ModuleReader::new(wasm)?;
+        while !parser.eof() {
+            let section = parser.read()?;
+            if let wasmparser::SectionCode::Custom { name, kind: _ } = section.code {
+                let mut reader = section.get_binary_reader();
+                let len = reader.bytes_remaining();
+                let bytes = reader.read_bytes(len)?;
+                let data = bytes.to_vec();
+                let name = String::from_utf8_lossy(name).to_string();
+                self.custom_sections.insert(name, data);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// A compiled WebAssembly module.