diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index fd92e2de7..58a90082f 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -527,6 +527,59 @@ pub const Keybinds = struct {
     }
 };
 
+// Wasm API.
+pub const Wasm = struct {
+    const wasm = @import("os/wasm.zig");
+    const alloc = wasm.alloc;
+    const cli_args = @import("cli_args.zig");
+
+    /// Create a new configuration filled with the initial default values.
+    export fn config_new() ?*Config {
+        const result = alloc.create(Config) catch |err| {
+            log.err("error allocating config err={}", .{err});
+            return null;
+        };
+
+        result.* = Config.default(alloc) catch |err| {
+            log.err("error creating config err={}", .{err});
+            return null;
+        };
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    export fn config_free(ptr: ?*Config) void {
+        if (ptr) |v| {
+            v.deinit();
+            alloc.destroy(v);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Load the configuration from a string in the same format as
+    /// the file-based syntax for the desktop version of the terminal.
+    export fn config_load_string(
+        self: *Config,
+        str: [*]const u8,
+        len: usize,
+    ) void {
+        config_load_string_(self, str[0..len]) catch |err| {
+            log.err("error loading config err={}", .{err});
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn config_load_string_(self: *Config, str: []const u8) !void {
+        var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(str);
+        var iter = cli_args.lineIterator(fbs.reader());
+        try cli_args.parse(Config, alloc, self, &iter);
+    }
+
+    export fn config_finalize(self: *Config) void {
+        self.finalize() catch |err| {
+            log.err("error finalizing config err={}", .{err});
+        };
+    }
+};
+
 test {
     std.testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 }
diff --git a/src/main_wasm.zig b/src/main_wasm.zig
index c9c2069dc..46c77082b 100644
--- a/src/main_wasm.zig
+++ b/src/main_wasm.zig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pub usingnamespace @import("os/wasm.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("os/wasm/log.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("font/main.zig");
 pub usingnamespace @import("terminal/main.zig");
+pub usingnamespace @import("config.zig").Wasm;
 
 // Set our log level. We try to get as much logging as possible but in
 // ReleaseSmall mode where we're optimizing for space, we elevate the