diff --git a/crates/wast/src/core/binary.rs b/crates/wast/src/core/binary.rs
index 3e773aee41..d3f842f9e6 100644
--- a/crates/wast/src/core/binary.rs
+++ b/crates/wast/src/core/binary.rs
@@ -427,7 +427,13 @@ impl Encode for Table<'_> {
     fn encode(&self, e: &mut Vec<u8>) {
         assert!(self.exports.names.is_empty());
         match &self.kind {
-            TableKind::Normal(t) => t.encode(e),
+            TableKind::Normal { ty, init_expr: None } => ty.encode(e),
+            TableKind::Normal { ty, init_expr: Some(init_expr) } => {
+                e.push(0x40);
+                e.push(0x00);
+                ty.encode(e);
+                init_expr.encode(e);
+            }
             _ => panic!("TableKind should be normal during encoding"),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/deinline_import_export.rs b/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/deinline_import_export.rs
index db88706817..c338407182 100644
--- a/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/deinline_import_export.rs
+++ b/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/deinline_import_export.rs
@@ -120,13 +120,16 @@ pub fn run(fields: &mut Vec<ModuleField>) {
                             ElemPayload::Indices(v) => v.len(),
                             ElemPayload::Exprs { exprs, .. } => exprs.len(),
                         };
-                        let kind = TableKind::Normal(TableType {
-                            limits: Limits {
-                                min: len as u32,
-                                max: Some(len as u32),
+                        let kind = TableKind::Normal {
+                            ty: TableType {
+                                limits: Limits {
+                                    min: len as u32,
+                                    max: Some(len as u32),
+                                },
+                                elem: *elem,
                             },
-                            elem: *elem,
-                        });
+                            init_expr: None,
+                        };
                         let payload = match mem::replace(&mut t.kind, kind) {
                             TableKind::Inline { payload, .. } => payload,
                             _ => unreachable!(),
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ pub fn run(fields: &mut Vec<ModuleField>) {
                         }));
                     }
 
-                    TableKind::Normal(_) => {}
+                    TableKind::Normal { .. } => {}
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/names.rs b/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/names.rs
index 87428e51ef..db2b330c88 100644
--- a/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/names.rs
+++ b/crates/wast/src/core/resolve/names.rs
@@ -262,8 +262,11 @@ impl<'a> Resolver<'a> {
             }
 
             ModuleField::Table(t) => {
-                if let TableKind::Normal(t) = &mut t.kind {
-                    self.resolve_heaptype(&mut t.elem.heap)?;
+                if let TableKind::Normal { ty, init_expr } = &mut t.kind {
+                    self.resolve_heaptype(&mut ty.elem.heap)?;
+                    if let Some(init_expr) = init_expr {
+                        self.resolve_expr(init_expr)?;
+                    }
                 }
                 Ok(())
             }
diff --git a/crates/wast/src/core/table.rs b/crates/wast/src/core/table.rs
index 005bfe2046..4f16861de4 100644
--- a/crates/wast/src/core/table.rs
+++ b/crates/wast/src/core/table.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ pub enum TableKind<'a> {
     },
 
     /// A typical memory definition which simply says the limits of the table
-    Normal(TableType<'a>),
+    Normal {
+        /// Table type.
+        ty: TableType<'a>,
+        /// Optional items initializer expression.
+        init_expr: Option<Expression<'a>>,
+    },
 
     /// The elem segments of this table, starting from 0, explicitly listed
     Inline {
@@ -68,7 +73,14 @@ impl<'a> Parse<'a> for Table<'a> {
             })?;
             TableKind::Inline { elem, payload }
         } else if l.peek::<u32>() {
-            TableKind::Normal(parser.parse()?)
+            TableKind::Normal {
+                ty: parser.parse()?,
+                init_expr: if parser.peek::<LParen>() {
+                    Some(parser.parse::<Expression>()?)
+                } else {
+                    None
+                },
+            }
         } else if let Some(import) = parser.parse()? {
             TableKind::Import {
                 import,
diff --git a/tests/local/function-references/table-nonnull.wast b/tests/local/function-references/table-nonnull.wast
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b43eeac1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/local/function-references/table-nonnull.wast
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+;; Table initializer
+
+(module
+  (type $dummy (func))
+  (func $dummy)
+
+  (table $t1 10 funcref)
+  (table $t2 10 funcref (ref.func $dummy))
+  (table $t3 10 (ref $dummy) (ref.func $dummy))
+  (table $t4 10 (ref func) (ref.func $dummy))
+
+  (func (export "get1") (result funcref) (table.get $t1 (i32.const 1)))
+  (func (export "get2") (result funcref) (table.get $t2 (i32.const 4)))
+  (func (export "get3") (result funcref) (table.get $t3 (i32.const 7)))
+)
+
+(assert_return (invoke "get1") (ref.null))
+(assert_return (invoke "get2") (ref.func))
+(assert_return (invoke "get3") (ref.func))