diff --git a/crates/language/wasm/include/assert.h b/crates/language/wasm/include/assert.h
index e981a20e..b1ef2f93 100644
--- a/crates/language/wasm/include/assert.h
+++ b/crates/language/wasm/include/assert.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 #define assert(e) ((void)0)
 #else
-__attribute__((noreturn)) void __assert_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned line, const char *function) {
+__attribute__((noreturn)) static inline void __assert_fail(const char *assertion, const char *file, unsigned line, const char *function) {
     __builtin_trap();
 }
 #define assert(expression) \