diff --git a/lib/cli/src/commands/create_obj.rs b/lib/cli/src/commands/create_obj.rs
index 600f9bd070c..578c49718f3 100644
--- a/lib/cli/src/commands/create_obj.rs
+++ b/lib/cli/src/commands/create_obj.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use structopt::StructOpt;
 use wasmer::*;
 use wasmer_object::{emit_serialized, get_object_for_target};
 
+const WASMER_SERIALIZED_HEADER: &[u8] = include_bytes!("wasmer_create_exe.h");
+
 #[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
 /// The options for the `wasmer create-exe` subcommand
 pub struct CreateObj {
@@ -23,9 +25,17 @@ pub struct CreateObj {
     path: PathBuf,
 
     /// Output file
-    #[structopt(name = "OUTPUT PATH", short = "o", parse(from_os_str))]
+    #[structopt(name = "OUTPUT_PATH", short = "o", parse(from_os_str))]
     output: PathBuf,
 
+    /// Header output file
+    #[structopt(
+        name = "OUTPUT_HEADER_PATH",
+        long = "output-header-path",
+        parse(from_os_str)
+    )]
+    header_output: Option<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Compilation Target triple
     #[structopt(long = "target")]
     target_triple: Option<Triple>,
@@ -48,7 +58,6 @@ pub struct CreateObj {
 impl CreateObj {
     /// Runs logic for the `create-obj` subcommand
     pub fn execute(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        println!("objectformat: {:?}", &self.object_format);
         let target = self
             .target_triple
             .as_ref()
@@ -72,8 +81,15 @@ impl CreateObj {
         println!("Format: {:?}", object_format);
 
         let starting_cd = env::current_dir()?;
+
         let output_path = starting_cd.join(&self.output);
+        let header_output = self.header_output.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            let mut retval = self.output.clone();
+            retval.set_extension("h");
+            retval
+        });
 
+        let header_output_path = starting_cd.join(&header_output);
         let wasm_module_path = starting_cd.join(&self.path);
 
         match object_format {
@@ -87,6 +103,9 @@ impl CreateObj {
                 obj.write_stream(&mut writer)
                     .map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!(err.to_string()))?;
                 writer.flush()?;
+                let mut writer = BufWriter::new(File::create(&header_output_path)?);
+                writer.write_all(WASMER_SERIALIZED_HEADER)?;
+                writer.flush()?;
             }
             ObjectFormat::Symbols => {
                 let engine = store.engine();
@@ -96,21 +115,30 @@ impl CreateObj {
                 let tunables = store.tunables();
                 let data: Vec<u8> = fs::read(wasm_module_path)?;
                 let prefixer: Option<Box<dyn Fn(&[u8]) -> String + Send>> = None;
-                let (_module_info, obj, _metadata_length, _symbol_registry) =
+                let (module_info, obj, metadata_length, symbol_registry) =
                     Artifact::generate_object(
                         compiler, &data, prefixer, &target, tunables, features,
                     )?;
 
+                let header_file_src = crate::c_gen::staticlib_header::generate_header_file(
+                    &module_info,
+                    &*symbol_registry,
+                    metadata_length,
+                );
                 let mut writer = BufWriter::new(File::create(&output_path)?);
                 obj.write_stream(&mut writer)
                     .map_err(|err| anyhow::anyhow!(err.to_string()))?;
                 writer.flush()?;
+                let mut writer = BufWriter::new(File::create(&header_output_path)?);
+                writer.write_all(header_file_src.as_bytes())?;
+                writer.flush()?;
             }
         }
 
         eprintln!(
-            "✔ Object compiled successfully to `{}`.",
+            "✔ Object compiled successfully to `{}` and the header file was generated at `{}`.",
             self.output.display(),
+            header_output.display(),
         );
 
         Ok(())
diff --git a/lib/cli/src/commands/wasmer_create_exe.h b/lib/cli/src/commands/wasmer_create_exe.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98705d4fc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cli/src/commands/wasmer_create_exe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "wasmer.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern size_t WASMER_MODULE_LENGTH asm("WASMER_MODULE_LENGTH");
+extern char WASMER_MODULE_DATA asm("WASMER_MODULE_DATA");
+
+wasm_module_t* wasmer_module_new(wasm_store_t* store, const char* wasm_name) {
+  wasm_byte_vec_t module_byte_vec = {
+    .size = WASMER_MODULE_LENGTH,
+    .data = (const char*)&WASMER_MODULE_DATA,
+  };
+  wasm_module_t* module = wasm_module_deserialize(store, &module_byte_vec);
+
+  return module;
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif