diff --git a/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml b/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
index 101cbbf9e7..d5f6aab28e 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/c-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,3 +50,4 @@ coredump = ["wasmtime/coredump"]
 addr2line = ["wasmtime/addr2line"]
 demangle = ["wasmtime/demangle"]
 threads = ["wasmtime/threads"]
+gc = ["wasmtime/gc"]
diff --git a/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml b/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml
index 4589d2b90c..ea15a83cd6 100644
--- a/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/c-api/artifact/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ default = [
   'addr2line',
   'demangle',
   'threads',
+  'gc',
 ]
 async = ['wasmtime-c-api/async']
 profiling = ["wasmtime-c-api/profiling"]
@@ -44,3 +45,4 @@ addr2line = ["wasmtime-c-api/addr2line"]
 demangle = ["wasmtime-c-api/demangle"]
 wat = ["wasmtime-c-api/wat"]
 threads = ["wasmtime-c-api/threads"]
+gc = ["wasmtime-c-api/gc"]