diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edba3e67454..1130551aa2d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- [#1715](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1715) Register errors from `wasm_module_serialize` in the Wasm C API.
 - [#1709](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1709) Implement `wasm_module_name` and `wasm_module_set_name` in the Wasm(er) C API.
 - [#1700](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1700) Implement `wasm_externtype_copy` in the Wasm C API.
 
diff --git a/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/module.rs b/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/module.rs
index 6e334097b04..dca2d6e3fde 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/module.rs
+++ b/lib/c-api/src/wasm_c_api/module.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn wasm_module_serialize(
 ) {
     let byte_vec = match module.inner.serialize() {
         Ok(byte_vec) => byte_vec,
-        Err(_) => return,
+        Err(err) => {
+            crate::error::update_last_error(err);
+            return;
+        }
     };
     *out_ptr = byte_vec.into();
 }