diff --git a/build/wasm.js b/build/wasm.js
index 2b63f3c7ab1..1104cfec0b0 100644
--- a/build/wasm.js
+++ b/build/wasm.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { execSync } = require('child_process')
 const { writeFileSync, readFileSync } = require('fs')
-const { join, resolve } = require('path')
+const { join, resolve, basename } = require('path')
 
 const ROOT = resolve(__dirname, '../')
 const WASM_SRC = resolve(__dirname, '../deps/llhttp')
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ let WASM_CFLAGS = process.env.WASM_CFLAGS || '--sysroot=/usr/share/wasi-sysroot
 let WASM_LDFLAGS = process.env.WASM_LDFLAGS || ''
 const WASM_LDLIBS = process.env.WASM_LDLIBS || ''
 
+const EXTERNAL_PATH = process.env.EXTERNAL_PATH
+
 // These are relevant for undici and should not be overridden
 WASM_CFLAGS += ' -Ofast -fno-exceptions -fvisibility=hidden -mexec-model=reactor'
 WASM_LDFLAGS += ' -Wl,-error-limit=0 -Wl,-O3 -Wl,--lto-O3 -Wl,--strip-all'
@@ -60,6 +62,23 @@ if (hasApk) {
   writeFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, 'wasm_build_env.txt'), buildInfo)
 }
 
+const writeWasmChunk = EXTERNAL_PATH
+  ? (path, dest) => {
+      const base64 = readFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, path)).toString('base64')
+      writeFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, dest), `
+const { Buffer } = require('node:buffer')
+
+module.exports = Buffer.from('${base64}', 'base64')
+`)
+    }
+  : (path, dest) => {
+      writeFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, dest), `
+const { fs } = require('node:fs')
+
+module.exports = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve('./${basename(path)}'))
+`)
+    }
+
 // Build wasm binary
 execSync(`${WASM_CC} ${WASM_CFLAGS} ${WASM_LDFLAGS} \
  ${join(WASM_SRC, 'src')}/*.c \
@@ -67,11 +86,7 @@ execSync(`${WASM_CC} ${WASM_CFLAGS} ${WASM_LDFLAGS} \
  -o ${join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp.wasm')} \
  ${WASM_LDLIBS}`, { stdio: 'inherit' })
 
-const base64Wasm = readFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp.wasm')).toString('base64')
-writeFileSync(
-  join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp-wasm.js'),
-  `module.exports = '${base64Wasm}'\n`
-)
+writeWasmChunk('llhttp.wasm', 'llhttp-wasm.js')
 
 // Build wasm simd binary
 execSync(`${WASM_CC} ${WASM_CFLAGS} -msimd128 ${WASM_LDFLAGS} \
@@ -80,8 +95,12 @@ execSync(`${WASM_CC} ${WASM_CFLAGS} -msimd128 ${WASM_LDFLAGS} \
  -o ${join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp_simd.wasm')} \
  ${WASM_LDLIBS}`, { stdio: 'inherit' })
 
-const base64WasmSimd = readFileSync(join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp_simd.wasm')).toString('base64')
-writeFileSync(
-  join(WASM_OUT, 'llhttp_simd-wasm.js'),
-  `module.exports = '${base64WasmSimd}'\n`
-)
+writeWasmChunk('llhttp_simd.wasm', 'llhttp_simd-wasm.js')
+
+if (EXTERNAL_PATH) {
+  writeFileSync(join(ROOT, 'loader.js'), `
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = require('node:module').createRequire('${EXTERNAL_PATH}/loader.js')('./index-fetch.js')
+`)
+}
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index b9077d4dd6a..a46a1504b54 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ async function lazyllhttp () {
 
   let mod
   try {
-    mod = await WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(require('./llhttp/llhttp_simd-wasm.js'), 'base64'))
+    mod = await WebAssembly.compile(require('./llhttp/llhttp_simd-wasm.js'))
   } catch (e) {
     /* istanbul ignore next */
 
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ async function lazyllhttp () {
     // being enabled, but the occurring of this other error
     // * https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/11495
     // got me to remove that check to avoid breaking Node 12.
-    mod = await WebAssembly.compile(Buffer.from(llhttpWasmData || require('./llhttp/llhttp-wasm.js'), 'base64'))
+    mod = await WebAssembly.compile(llhttpWasmData || require('./llhttp/llhttp-wasm.js'))
   }
 
   return await WebAssembly.instantiate(mod, {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3032b5608af..7502fe6afa0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     "*.d.ts",
     "index.js",
     "index-fetch.js",
+    "loader.js",
     "lib",
     "types",
     "docs"