diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 742f55154fa8..117328fd66dd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ add_subdirectory(build_tools/third_party/half EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(build_tools/third_party/pffft EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(build_tools/third_party/renderdoc_api EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(build_tools/third_party/vulkan_memory_allocator EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(build_tools/third_party/wasm-micro-runtime EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 add_subdirectory(third_party/cpuinfo EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(third_party/googletest EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/build_tools/third_party/wasm-micro-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/build_tools/third_party/wasm-micro-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..21a2c7f5b245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_tools/third_party/wasm-micro-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file modeled after the instructions at
+# https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime/blob/main/doc/build_wamr.md
+
+set(WAMR_SOURCE_DIR "${IREE_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/wasm-micro-runtime")
+
+# Runtime build target -> platform in wasm-micro-runtime/core/shared/platform/
+if(ANDROID)
+  set(WAMR_BUILD_PLATFORM "android")
+elseif(APPLE)
+  set(WAMR_BUILD_PLATFORM "darwin")
+elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+  set(WAMR_BUILD_PLATFORM "linux")
+elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+  set(WAMR_BUILD_PLATFORM "windows")
+  # Enable MASM (Microsoft Macro Assembler) for compiling .asm files.
+  enable_language(ASM_MASM)
+endif()
+
+# Pick the features we want. Most default to disabled.
+set(WAMR_BUILD_INTERP 1)
+
+include(${WAMR_SOURCE_DIR}/build-scripts/runtime_lib.cmake)
+
+# WAMR unconditionally adds a global compiler flag for 64 bit targets, which
+# is not handled or needed by MSVC.
+# TODO(scotttodd): Omit the flag upstream rather than work around it here.
+if(MSVC)
+  string(REGEX REPLACE " -fPIC" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS})
+endif()
+
+set(_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME "wasm_micro_runtime_vmlib")
+add_library(${_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME} STATIC "")
+target_sources(${_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME}
+  PRIVATE
+    ${WAMR_RUNTIME_LIB_SOURCE})
+target_include_directories(${_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME} SYSTEM
+  PUBLIC
+    "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${WAMR_SOURCE_DIR}/core/iwasm/include/>")
+
+# Suppress all warnings for this third party code.
+if(MSVC)
+  target_compile_options(${_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME} PRIVATE "/W0")
+else()
+  target_compile_options(${_WAMR_LIBRARY_NAME} PRIVATE "-w")
+endif()