diff --git a/debian/config.toml.in b/debian/config.toml.in
index 144eee0141..4159493f95 100644
--- a/debian/config.toml.in
+++ b/debian/config.toml.in
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ llvm-config = "LLVM_DESTDIR/usr/lib/llvm-LLVM_VERSION/bin/llvm-config"
 linker = "DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE-gcc"
 
 )dnl
+[target.wasm32-wasi]
+wasi-root = "/usr"
+
 [llvm]
 link-shared = true