diff --git a/gix-fs/src/capabilities.rs b/gix-fs/src/capabilities.rs
index ec7c4c7a35..f79b07ef5e 100644
--- a/gix-fs/src/capabilities.rs
+++ b/gix-fs/src/capabilities.rs
@@ -169,3 +169,15 @@ impl Capabilities {
         res
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+impl Default for Capabilities {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Capabilities {
+            precompose_unicode: false,
+            ignore_case: false,
+            executable_bit: false,
+            symlink: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gix-fs/src/symlink.rs b/gix-fs/src/symlink.rs
index 5022332f26..ce8eb2a867 100644
--- a/gix-fs/src/symlink.rs
+++ b/gix-fs/src/symlink.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,20 @@ use std::{io, io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists, path::Path};
 /// Create a new symlink at `link` which points to `original`.
 ///
 /// Note that `original` doesn't have to exist.
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(unix)]
 pub fn create(original: &Path, link: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     std::os::unix::fs::symlink(original, link)
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+pub fn create(original: &Path, link: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
+    std::fs::soft_link(original, link)
+}
+
 /// Remove a symlink.
 ///
 /// Note that on only on windows this is special.
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
 pub fn remove(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
     std::fs::remove_file(path)
 }
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn create(original: &Path, link: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
 
 /// Return true if `err` indicates that a file collision happened, i.e. a symlink couldn't be created as the `link`
 /// already exists as filesystem object.
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
 pub fn is_collision_error(err: &std::io::Error) -> bool {
     // TODO: use ::IsDirectory as well when stabilized instead of raw_os_error(), and ::FileSystemLoop respectively
     err.kind() == AlreadyExists
diff --git a/gix-index/src/fs.rs b/gix-index/src/fs.rs
index 2be45bb8d7..409a280803 100644
--- a/gix-index/src/fs.rs
+++ b/gix-index/src/fs.rs
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
 use std::{path::Path, time::SystemTime};
 
 /// A structure to partially mirror [`std::fs::Metadata`].
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(unix)]
 pub struct Metadata(rustix::fs::Stat);
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
 /// A structure to partially mirror [`std::fs::Metadata`].
 pub struct Metadata(std::fs::Metadata);
 
@@ -18,21 +18,21 @@ pub struct Metadata(std::fs::Metadata);
 impl Metadata {
     /// Obtain the metadata at `path` without following symlinks.
     pub fn from_path_no_follow(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             rustix::fs::lstat(path).map(Metadata).map_err(Into::into)
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         path.symlink_metadata().map(Metadata)
     }
 
     /// Obtain the metadata at `path` without following symlinks.
     pub fn from_file(file: &std::fs::File) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             rustix::fs::fstat(file).map(Metadata).map_err(Into::into)
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         file.metadata().map(Metadata)
     }
 }
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ impl Metadata {
 impl Metadata {
     /// Return true if the metadata belongs to a directory
     pub fn is_dir(&self) -> bool {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             (self.0.st_mode as u32 & libc::S_IFMT as u32) == libc::S_IFDIR as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.is_dir()
     }
 
     /// Return the time at which the underlying file was modified.
     pub fn modified(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
             let seconds = self.0.st_mtime;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl Metadata {
             let seconds = seconds as i64;
             system_time_from_secs_nanos(seconds, nanoseconds.try_into().ok()?)
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.modified().ok()
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl Metadata {
     /// Note that this differs from [`std::fs::Metadata::created()`] which would return
     /// the inode birth time, which is notably different to what `git` does.
     pub fn created(&self) -> Option<SystemTime> {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "aix", target_os = "hurd")))]
             let seconds = self.0.st_ctime;
@@ -97,93 +97,93 @@ impl Metadata {
             let seconds = seconds as i64;
             system_time_from_secs_nanos(seconds, nanoseconds.try_into().ok()?)
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.created().ok()
     }
 
     /// Return the size of the file in bytes.
     pub fn len(&self) -> u64 {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             self.0.st_size as u64
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.len()
     }
 
     /// Return the device id on which the file is located, or 0 on windows.
     pub fn dev(&self) -> u64 {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             self.0.st_dev as u64
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         0
     }
 
     /// Return the inode id tracking the file, or 0 on windows.
     pub fn ino(&self) -> u64 {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             self.0.st_ino as u64
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         0
     }
 
     /// Return the user-id of the file or 0 on windows.
     pub fn uid(&self) -> u32 {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             self.0.st_uid as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         0
     }
 
     /// Return the group-id of the file or 0 on windows.
     pub fn gid(&self) -> u32 {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             self.0.st_gid as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         0
     }
 
     /// Return `true` if the file's executable bit is set, or `false` on windows.
     pub fn is_executable(&self) -> bool {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             (self.0.st_mode as u32 & libc::S_IFMT as u32) == libc::S_IFREG as u32
                 && self.0.st_mode as u32 & libc::S_IXUSR as u32 == libc::S_IXUSR as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         gix_fs::is_executable(&self.0)
     }
 
     /// Return `true` if the file's is a symbolic link.
     pub fn is_symlink(&self) -> bool {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             (self.0.st_mode as u32 & libc::S_IFMT as u32) == libc::S_IFLNK as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.is_symlink()
     }
 
     /// Return `true` if this is a regular file, executable or not.
     pub fn is_file(&self) -> bool {
-        #[cfg(not(windows))]
+        #[cfg(unix)]
         {
             (self.0.st_mode as u32 & libc::S_IFMT as u32) == libc::S_IFREG as u32
         }
-        #[cfg(windows)]
+        #[cfg(not(unix))]
         self.0.is_file()
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(windows))]
+#[cfg(unix)]
 fn system_time_from_secs_nanos(secs: i64, nanos: i32) -> Option<SystemTime> {
     // Copied from https://github.com/rust-lang/rust at a8ece1190bf6b340175bc5b688e52bd29924f483, MIT licensed, and adapted.
     // On Apple OS, dates before epoch are represented differently than on other
diff --git a/gix-path/src/lib.rs b/gix-path/src/lib.rs
index 5157e78fec..57088d2aa7 100644
--- a/gix-path/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix-path/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![cfg_attr(target_os = "wasi", feature(wasip2))]
 //! This crate contains an assortment of utilities to deal with paths and their conversions.
 //!
 //! Generally `git` treats paths as bytes, but inherently assumes non-illformed UTF-8 as encoding on windows. Internally, it expects