diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b6a54500..273dd754 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3723,7 +3723,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wrpc-runtime-wasmtime"
-version = "0.17.4"
+version = "0.17.5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/crates/runtime-wasmtime/Cargo.toml b/crates/runtime-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
index af27313a..ac576d53 100644
--- a/crates/runtime-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/runtime-wasmtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wrpc-runtime-wasmtime"
-version = "0.17.4"
+version = "0.17.5"
 description = "wRPC wasmtime integration"
 
 authors.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/runtime-wasmtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/runtime-wasmtime/src/lib.rs
index 96a181ee..2014bd99 100644
--- a/crates/runtime-wasmtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/runtime-wasmtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use anyhow::{bail, Context as _};
 use bytes::{BufMut as _, Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures::future::try_join_all;
-use futures::stream::FuturesUnordered;
+use futures::stream::{self, FuturesUnordered, SelectAll};
 use futures::{Stream, TryStreamExt as _};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt as _, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt as _};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use wasm_tokio::{
     CoreVecEncoderBytes, Leb128Encoder, Utf8Codec,
 };
 use wasmtime::component::types::{self, Case, Field};
-use wasmtime::component::{Func, LinkerInstance, ResourceType, Type, Val};
+use wasmtime::component::{Func, Instance, InstancePre, LinkerInstance, ResourceType, Type, Val};
 use wasmtime::{AsContextMut, Engine, StoreContextMut};
 use wasmtime_wasi::pipe::AsyncReadStream;
 use wasmtime_wasi::{InputStream, StreamError, WasiView};
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@ where
 }
 
 pub trait ServeExt: wrpc_transport::Serve {
+    /// Serve [`Func`]
     fn serve_function<T>(
         &self,
         store: impl Into<Arc<Mutex<wasmtime::Store<T>>>>,
@@ -1062,6 +1063,141 @@ pub trait ServeExt: wrpc_transport::Serve {
             }))
         }
     }
+
+    /// Serve [`types::ComponentItem`]
+    fn serve_item<T>(
+        &self,
+        engine: &Engine,
+        instance: &Instance,
+        ty: types::ComponentItem,
+        store: impl Into<Arc<Mutex<wasmtime::Store<T>>>>,
+        instance_name: &str,
+        name: &str,
+    ) -> impl Future<
+        Output = anyhow::Result<
+            impl Stream<Item = anyhow::Result<Self::Context>> + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+        >,
+    > + Send
+    where
+        T: WasiView + 'static,
+    {
+        let store = store.into();
+        async move {
+            match ty {
+                types::ComponentItem::ComponentFunc(_) => {
+                    debug!(instance_name, name, "serving function export");
+                    let name = name.to_string();
+                    let func = {
+                        let mut store = store.lock().await;
+                        let mut instance = instance.exports(&mut *store);
+                        if instance_name.is_empty() {
+                            instance.root()
+                        } else {
+                            instance.instance(instance_name).with_context(|| {
+                                format!("instance export `{instance_name}` not found")
+                            })?
+                        }
+                        .func(&name)
+                        .with_context(|| format!("function export`{name}` not found"))
+                    }?;
+                    let s = self
+                        .serve_function(Arc::clone(&store), func, instance_name, &name)
+                        .await?;
+                    Ok(Box::pin(s) as Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = _> + Send>>)
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::CoreFunc(_) => {
+                    bail!("serving core function exports not supported yet")
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::Module(_) => {
+                    bail!("serving module exports not supported yet");
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::Component(_) => {
+                    bail!("serving component exports not supported yet");
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::ComponentInstance(ty) => {
+                    let mut instance_store = store.lock().await;
+                    let mut instance = instance.exports(&mut *instance_store);
+                    let mut instance = instance
+                        .instance(name)
+                        .with_context(|| format!("instance export `{instance_name}` not found"))?;
+                    let instance_name = name;
+                    let mut invocations: SelectAll<Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = _> + Send>>> =
+                        SelectAll::new();
+                    for (name, ty) in ty.exports(engine) {
+                        match ty {
+                            types::ComponentItem::ComponentFunc(_) => {
+                                debug!(name, "serving instance function export");
+                                let func = instance.func(name).with_context(|| {
+                                    format!(
+                                "function `{name}` not found in instance export `{instance_name}`"
+                            )
+                                })?;
+                                let func = self
+                                    .serve_function(Arc::clone(&store), func, instance_name, name)
+                                    .await?;
+                                invocations.push(Box::pin(func));
+                            }
+                            types::ComponentItem::CoreFunc(_) => {
+                                bail!("serving instance core function exports not supported yet")
+                            }
+                            types::ComponentItem::Module(_) => {
+                                bail!("serving instance module exports not supported yet")
+                            }
+                            types::ComponentItem::Component(_) => {
+                                bail!("serving instance component exports not supported yet")
+                            }
+                            types::ComponentItem::ComponentInstance(_) => {
+                                bail!("serving nested instance exports not supported yet")
+                            }
+                            types::ComponentItem::Type(_) => {}
+                            types::ComponentItem::Resource(_) => {
+                                bail!("serving instance resource exports not supported yet")
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Ok(Box::pin(invocations) as Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = _> + Send>>)
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::Type(_) => {
+                    Ok(Box::pin(stream::empty()) as Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = _> + Send>>)
+                }
+                types::ComponentItem::Resource(_) => {
+                    bail!("serving root resource exports not supported yet")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Serve all exports of this [`InstancePre`]
+    fn serve_exports<T>(
+        &self,
+        engine: &Engine,
+        instance: InstancePre<T>,
+        mut store: wasmtime::Store<T>,
+    ) -> impl Future<
+        Output = anyhow::Result<impl Stream<Item = anyhow::Result<Self::Context>> + 'static>,
+    > + Send
+    where
+        T: WasiView + 'static,
+    {
+        async move {
+            let ty = instance.component().component_type();
+            let exports = ty.exports(engine);
+            let instance = instance
+                .instantiate_async(&mut store)
+                .await
+                .context("failed to instantiate component")?;
+            let store = Arc::new(Mutex::new(store));
+            let mut invocations: SelectAll<Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = _> + Send>>> =
+                SelectAll::new();
+            for (name, ty) in exports {
+                let s = self
+                    .serve_item(engine, &instance, ty, Arc::clone(&store), "", name)
+                    .await?;
+                invocations.push(Box::pin(s));
+            }
+            Ok(invocations)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T: wrpc_transport::Serve> ServeExt for T {}
@@ -1083,6 +1219,6 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap()
             .try_for_each(|_| async { Ok(()) })
             .await
-            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap();
     }
 }