diff --git a/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 90364d48aee8..278c58366112 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 paste = "1.0.3"
 encoding_rs = { version = "0.8.31", optional = true }
 sptr = "0.3.2"
-wasm-encoder = { workspace = true }
+wasm-encoder = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 memfd = "0.6.2"
@@ -65,9 +65,10 @@ cc = "1.0"
 wasmtime-versioned-export-macros = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-async = ["wasmtime-fiber"]
+async = ["dep:wasmtime-fiber"]
 pooling-allocator = []
 component-model = ["wasmtime-environ/component-model", "dep:encoding_rs"]
 wmemcheck = ['dep:wasmtime-wmemcheck']
-debug-builtins = ['wasmtime-jit-debug']
+debug-builtins = ['dep:wasmtime-jit-debug']
 gc = ["wasmtime-environ/gc"]
+coredump = ["dep:wasm-encoder"]
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers.rs b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers.rs
index 92003e8b3270..7f8ac5156d83 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 //! signalhandling mechanisms.
 
 mod backtrace;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "coredump")]
+#[path = "traphandlers/coredump_enabled.rs"]
+mod coredump;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "coredump"))]
+#[path = "traphandlers/coredump_disabled.rs"]
 mod coredump;
 
 use crate::sys::traphandlers;
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@ mod call_thread_state {
         pub(super) jmp_buf: Cell<*const u8>,
         pub(super) signal_handler: Option<*const SignalHandler<'static>>,
         pub(super) capture_backtrace: bool,
+        #[cfg(feature = "coredump")]
         pub(super) capture_coredump: bool,
 
         pub(crate) limits: *const VMRuntimeLimits,
@@ -314,11 +321,14 @@ mod call_thread_state {
             capture_coredump: bool,
             limits: *const VMRuntimeLimits,
         ) -> CallThreadState {
+            let _ = capture_coredump;
+
             CallThreadState {
                 unwind: UnsafeCell::new(MaybeUninit::uninit()),
                 jmp_buf: Cell::new(ptr::null()),
                 signal_handler,
                 capture_backtrace,
+                #[cfg(feature = "coredump")]
                 capture_coredump,
                 limits,
                 prev: Cell::new(ptr::null()),
@@ -500,17 +510,6 @@ impl CallThreadState {
         Some(unsafe { Backtrace::new_with_trap_state(limits, self, trap_pc_and_fp) })
     }
 
-    fn capture_coredump(
-        &self,
-        limits: *const VMRuntimeLimits,
-        trap_pc_and_fp: Option<(usize, usize)>,
-    ) -> Option<CoreDumpStack> {
-        if !self.capture_coredump {
-            return None;
-        }
-        Some(CoreDumpStack::new(&self, limits, trap_pc_and_fp))
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn iter<'a>(&'a self) -> impl Iterator<Item = &Self> + 'a {
         let mut state = Some(self);
         std::iter::from_fn(move || {
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_disabled.rs b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_disabled.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a203ce6199b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_disabled.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use crate::traphandlers::CallThreadState;
+use crate::VMRuntimeLimits;
+
+/// A WebAssembly Coredump
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum CoreDumpStack {}
+
+impl CallThreadState {
+    pub(super) fn capture_coredump(
+        &self,
+        _limits: *const VMRuntimeLimits,
+        _trap_pc_and_fp: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+    ) -> Option<CoreDumpStack> {
+        None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump.rs b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_enabled.rs
similarity index 78%
rename from crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump.rs
rename to crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_enabled.rs
index 2216d5f75ea3..d60fd6458934 100644
--- a/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime/src/traphandlers/coredump_enabled.rs
@@ -20,19 +20,21 @@ pub struct CoreDumpStack {
     pub operand_stack: Vec<Vec<CoreDumpValue>>,
 }
 
-impl CoreDumpStack {
-    /// Capture a core dump of the current wasm state
-    pub fn new(
-        cts: &CallThreadState,
+impl CallThreadState {
+    pub(super) fn capture_coredump(
+        &self,
         limits: *const VMRuntimeLimits,
         trap_pc_and_fp: Option<(usize, usize)>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let bt = unsafe { Backtrace::new_with_trap_state(limits, cts, trap_pc_and_fp) };
+    ) -> Option<CoreDumpStack> {
+        if !self.capture_coredump {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let bt = unsafe { Backtrace::new_with_trap_state(limits, self, trap_pc_and_fp) };
 
-        Self {
+        Some(CoreDumpStack {
             bt,
             locals: vec![],
             operand_stack: vec![],
-        }
+        })
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index 08d7efda9ed7..b64bc952091c 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ wmemcheck = ["wasmtime-runtime?/wmemcheck", "wasmtime-cranelift?/wmemcheck"]
 demangle = ["wasmtime-environ/demangle"]
 
 # Enable support for generating core dumps on traps.
-coredump = ["dep:wasm-encoder", "runtime"]
+coredump = ["dep:wasm-encoder", "runtime", "wasmtime-runtime/coredump"]
 
 # Export some symbols from the final binary to assist in debugging
 # Cranelift-generated code with native debuggers like GDB and LLDB.