diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60ff5c652ec..c1de67bf893 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - [#1006](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1006) Fix minor panic issue when `wasmer::compile_with` called with llvm backend
 - [#1009](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1009) Enable LLVM verifier for all tests, add new llvm-backend-tests crate.
+- [#1004](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1004) Add the Auto backend to enable to adapt backend usage depending on wasm file executed.
 
 ## 0.11.0 - 2019-11-22
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
index df4ef775160..febfdda0e98 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/backend.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub enum Backend {
     Cranelift,
     Singlepass,
     LLVM,
+    Auto,
 }
 
 impl Backend {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl Backend {
             "singlepass",
             #[cfg(feature = "backend-llvm")]
             "llvm",
+            "auto",
         ]
     }
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ impl Backend {
             Backend::Cranelift => "cranelift",
             Backend::Singlepass => "singlepass",
             Backend::LLVM => "llvm",
+            Backend::Auto => "auto",
         }
     }
 }
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ impl std::str::FromStr for Backend {
             "singlepass" => Ok(Backend::Singlepass),
             "cranelift" => Ok(Backend::Cranelift),
             "llvm" => Ok(Backend::LLVM),
+            "auto" => Ok(Backend::Auto),
             _ => Err(format!("The backend {} doesn't exist", s)),
         }
     }
diff --git a/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs b/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
index 7b4533296b9..991e05ed8ad 100644
--- a/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime-core/src/codegen.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ fn requires_pre_validation(backend: Backend) -> bool {
         Backend::Cranelift => true,
         Backend::LLVM => true,
         Backend::Singlepass => false,
+        Backend::Auto => false,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 2ac6c174261..0c832bf3020 100644
--- a/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -254,11 +254,6 @@ pub fn compiler_for_backend(backend: Backend) -> Option<Box<dyn Compiler>> {
         #[cfg(feature = "llvm")]
         Backend::LLVM => Some(Box::new(wasmer_llvm_backend::LLVMCompiler::new())),
 
-        #[cfg(any(
-            not(feature = "llvm"),
-            not(feature = "singlepass"),
-            not(feature = "cranelift")
-        ))]
         _ => None,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/bin/wasmer.rs b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
index a08f7bd532b..457b6f51060 100644
--- a/src/bin/wasmer.rs
+++ b/src/bin/wasmer.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 extern crate structopt;
 
 use std::env;
-use std::fs::{read_to_string, File};
+use std::fs::{metadata, read_to_string, File};
 use std::io;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct Run {
     #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
     #[structopt(
         long = "backend",
-        default_value = "cranelift",
+        default_value = "auto",
         case_insensitive = true,
         possible_values = Backend::variants(),
     )]
@@ -855,8 +855,30 @@ fn interactive_shell(mut ctx: InteractiveShellContext) -> ShellExitOperation {
     }
 }
 
-fn run(options: Run) {
-    match execute_wasm(&options) {
+fn update_backend(options: &mut Run) {
+    let binary_size = match metadata(&options.path) {
+        Ok(wasm_binary) => wasm_binary.len(),
+        Err(_e) => 0,
+    };
+
+    // Update backend when a backend flag is `auto`.
+    // Use the Singlepass backend if it's enabled and the file provided is larger
+    // than 10MiB (10485760 bytes), or it's enabled and the target architecture
+    // is AArch64. Otherwise, use the Cranelift backend.
+    if options.backend == Backend::Auto {
+        if Backend::variants().contains(&Backend::Singlepass.to_string())
+            && (binary_size > 10485760 || cfg!(target_arch = "aarch64"))
+        {
+            options.backend = Backend::Singlepass;
+        } else {
+            options.backend = Backend::Cranelift;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn run(options: &mut Run) {
+    update_backend(options);
+    match execute_wasm(options) {
         Ok(()) => {}
         Err(message) => {
             eprintln!("Error: {}", message);
@@ -940,6 +962,7 @@ fn get_compiler_by_backend(backend: Backend, _opts: &Run) -> Option<Box<dyn Comp
         Backend::LLVM => Box::new(LLVMCompiler::new()),
         #[cfg(not(feature = "backend-llvm"))]
         Backend::LLVM => return None,
+        Backend::Auto => return None,
     })
 }
 
@@ -958,7 +981,7 @@ fn main() {
         }
     });
     match options {
-        CLIOptions::Run(options) => run(options),
+        CLIOptions::Run(mut options) => run(&mut options),
         #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
         CLIOptions::SelfUpdate => update::self_update(),
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]