diff --git a/examples/with-webassembly/next.config.js b/examples/with-webassembly/next.config.js
index 97e1bdca0ee6f25..24f0df7cd0473b9 100644
--- a/examples/with-webassembly/next.config.js
+++ b/examples/with-webassembly/next.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 module.exports = {
   webpack(config) {
     config.output.webassemblyModuleFilename = 'static/wasm/[modulehash].wasm'
+
+    // Since Webpack 5 doesn't enable WebAssembly by default, we should do it manually
+    config.experiments = { asyncWebAssembly: true }
+
     return config
   },
 }