diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8b0db1ecd8c..10f89304511 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [#1810](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1810) Make the `state` field of `WasiEnv` public
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - [#1764](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1764) Fix bug in WASI `path_rename` allowing renamed files to be 1 directory below a preopened directory.
diff --git a/lib/wasi/src/lib.rs b/lib/wasi/src/lib.rs
index 80934bfb741..cdca70e6ed3 100644
--- a/lib/wasi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/wasi/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ pub enum WasiError {
 /// The environment provided to the WASI imports.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct WasiEnv {
-    state: Arc<Mutex<WasiState>>,
+    /// Shared state of the WASI system. Manages all the data that the
+    /// executing WASI program can see.
+    pub state: Arc<Mutex<WasiState>>,
     memory: Arc<WasiMemory>,
 }