diff --git a/wasm-rpc-stubgen/src/wit.rs b/wasm-rpc-stubgen/src/wit.rs
index cd0221ce..c0db8284 100644
--- a/wasm-rpc-stubgen/src/wit.rs
+++ b/wasm-rpc-stubgen/src/wit.rs
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ pub fn copy_wit_files(def: &StubDefinition) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             }
         }
     }
-    let wasm_rpc_wit = include_str!("../../wasm-rpc/wit/wasm-rpc.wit");
     let wasm_rpc_root = dest_wit_root.join(Path::new("deps/wasm-rpc"));
     fs::create_dir_all(&wasm_rpc_root).unwrap();
 
@@ -158,7 +157,10 @@ pub fn copy_wit_files(def: &StubDefinition) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         "Writing wasm-rpc.wit to {}",
         wasm_rpc_root.to_string_lossy()
     );
-    fs::write(wasm_rpc_root.join(Path::new("wasm-rpc.wit")), wasm_rpc_wit)?;
+    fs::write(
+        wasm_rpc_root.join(Path::new("wasm-rpc.wit")),
+        golem_wasm_rpc::WASM_RPC_WIT,
+    )?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/wasm-rpc/Cargo.toml b/wasm-rpc/Cargo.toml
index 3cd267e3..977b4bb7 100644
--- a/wasm-rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wasm-rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://golem.cloud"
 description = "Golem WASM RPC support library"
 
+include = []
+
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
diff --git a/wasm-rpc/src/lib.rs b/wasm-rpc/src/lib.rs
index 3c540df0..b2b942b7 100644
--- a/wasm-rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wasm-rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -272,6 +272,9 @@ impl<'a> arbitrary::Arbitrary<'a> for WitValue {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "host")]
+pub static WASM_RPC_WIT: &'static str = include_str!("../wit/wasm-rpc.wit");
+
 pub const WASM_RPC_VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
 
 #[cfg(test)]