diff --git a/native/wasmex/src/component_instance.rs b/native/wasmex/src/component_instance.rs
index b68ae5e..579b993 100644
--- a/native/wasmex/src/component_instance.rs
+++ b/native/wasmex/src/component_instance.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ pub fn new_instance(
 
     let mut linker = Linker::new(store.engine());
     let _ = wasmtime_wasi::add_to_linker_sync(&mut linker);
-    let _ = wasmtime_wasi_http::add_only_http_to_linker_sync(&mut linker);
+    if store.data().http.is_some() {
+        let _ = wasmtime_wasi_http::add_only_http_to_linker_sync(&mut linker);
+    }
+
     // Instantiate the component
 
     // Handle imports
diff --git a/native/wasmex/src/store.rs b/native/wasmex/src/store.rs
index fcbaa30..1c74faa 100644
--- a/native/wasmex/src/store.rs
+++ b/native/wasmex/src/store.rs
@@ -265,12 +265,19 @@ pub fn component_store_new_wasi(
     } else {
         StoreLimits::default()
     };
+
+    let http_option = if options.allow_http {
+        Some(WasiHttpCtx::new())
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     let mut store = Store::new(
         &engine,
         ComponentStoreData {
             ctx: Some(wasi_ctx_builder.build()),
             limits,
-            http: Some(WasiHttpCtx::new()),
+            http: http_option,
             table: wasmtime_wasi::ResourceTable::new(),
         },
     );
diff --git a/test/components/component_server_test.exs b/test/components/component_server_test.exs
index 8fe2157..29b259d 100644
--- a/test/components/component_server_test.exs
+++ b/test/components/component_server_test.exs
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ defmodule Wasmex.Components.GenServerTest do
     component_bytes = File.read!("test/component_fixtures/hello_world/hello_world.wasm")
 
     component_pid =
-      start_supervised!({HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{}})
+      start_supervised!(
+        {HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{allow_http: true}}
+      )
 
     assert {:ok, "Hello, Elixir from a function defined in the module!"} =
              HelloWorld.greet(component_pid, "Elixir")
diff --git a/test/components/component_test.exs b/test/components/component_test.exs
index e99e912..8ba3bff 100644
--- a/test/components/component_test.exs
+++ b/test/components/component_test.exs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ defmodule Wasmex.WasmComponentsTest do
       component_bytes = File.read!("test/component_fixtures/hello_world/hello_world.wasm")
 
       instance =
-        start_supervised!({HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{}})
+        start_supervised!(
+          {HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{allow_http: true}}
+        )
 
       %{instance: instance}
     end
diff --git a/test/components/component_types_test.exs b/test/components/component_types_test.exs
index 273a9bb..1cb27ca 100644
--- a/test/components/component_types_test.exs
+++ b/test/components/component_types_test.exs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ defmodule Wasm.Components.ComponentTypesTest do
     component_bytes = File.read!("test/component_fixtures/hello_world/hello_world.wasm")
 
     instance =
-      start_supervised!({HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{}})
+      start_supervised!(
+        {HelloWorld, bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{allow_http: true}}
+      )
 
     assert {:ok, %{kebab_field: "foo"}} =
              Wasmex.Components.call_function(instance, "echo-kebab", [
diff --git a/test/components/import_test.exs b/test/components/import_test.exs
index b0dfd03..dbeca21 100644
--- a/test/components/import_test.exs
+++ b/test/components/import_test.exs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ defmodule Wasmex.Components.ImportTest do
     component_pid =
       start_supervised!(
         {Wasmex.Components,
-         bytes: component_bytes, wasi: %WasiP2Options{inherit_stdout: true}, imports: imports}
+         bytes: component_bytes,
+         wasi: %WasiP2Options{inherit_stdout: true, allow_http: true},
+         imports: imports}
       )
 
     assert {:ok, "7 foo 42 hi,there x: 1 y: 2"} =