diff --git a/cli/assets/templates/rust/.cargo/config.toml b/cli/assets/templates/rust/.cargo/config.toml
index 2c694b52..ec0a437e 100644
--- a/cli/assets/templates/rust/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/cli/assets/templates/rust/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 target = "wasm32-unknown-unknown"
 
 [target.wasm32-unknown-unknown]
+runner = "w4 run-native"
 rustflags = [
     # Import memory from WASM-4
     "-C", "link-arg=--import-memory",