diff --git a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
index 447f795d1bf..ac3f77fde9d 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ tempfile = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "wasi")'.dependencies]
+libc = { workspace = true }
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["fs"] }
+
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
   "Win32_Storage_FileSystem",
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
index fc9fcc57737..fa4c92efd49 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
+++ b/src/uu/touch/src/touch.rs
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@ pub mod error;
 
 use clap::builder::{PossibleValue, ValueParser};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgGroup, ArgMatches, Command};
-#[cfg(any(not(unix), target_os = "redox"))]
+use filetime::FileTime;
+#[cfg(any(not(any(unix, target_os = "wasi")), target_os = "redox"))]
 use filetime::set_file_times;
-use filetime::{FileTime, set_symlink_file_times};
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
+use filetime::set_symlink_file_times;
 use jiff::civil::Time;
 use jiff::fmt::strtime;
 use jiff::tz::TimeZone;
 use jiff::{Timestamp, ToSpan, Zoned};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use libc::O_NONBLOCK;
-#[cfg(unix)]
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
 use rustix::fs::Timestamps;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use rustix::fs::futimens;
@@ -594,11 +596,8 @@ fn update_times(
 
     // sets the file access and modification times for a file or a symbolic link.
     // The filename, access time (atime), and modification time (mtime) are provided as inputs.
-
     if opts.no_deref && !is_stdout {
-        return set_symlink_file_times(path, atime, mtime).map_err_context(
-            || translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()),
-        );
+        return set_symlink_times(path, atime, mtime);
     }
 
     #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -622,22 +621,46 @@ fn update_times(
             return Ok(());
         }
         // The write-FD approach fails on special files such as FIFOs (the
-        // write-only open returns ENXIO when there is no reader). Set the times
-        // by path with utimensat, which never opens the file and so never
+        // write-only open returns ENXIO when there is no reader). Fall through
+        // to set_times_by_path below, which never opens the file and so never
         // blocks — unlike filetime::set_file_times, which opens O_RDONLY and
         // would hang on a reader-less FIFO.
-        set_times_by_path(path, atime, mtime)
     }
 
-    #[cfg(not(unix))]
-    {
-        set_file_times(path, atime, mtime).map_err_context(
-            || translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()),
-        )
-    }
+    // WASI shares the unix fallback: utimensat never opens the file either,
+    // and the crate's `set_file_times` isn't available there (see below).
+    #[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
+    return set_times_by_path(path, atime, mtime);
+
+    #[cfg(not(any(unix, target_os = "wasi")))]
+    set_file_times(path, atime, mtime)
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()))
 }
 
-#[cfg(unix)]
+/// Set access and modification times on `path` without following symlinks.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
+fn set_symlink_times(path: &Path, atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> UResult<()> {
+    set_symlink_file_times(path, atime, mtime)
+        .map_err_context(|| translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()))
+}
+
+/// `filetime::set_symlink_file_times` always fails on WASI (the crate has no
+/// WASI-specific backend), but `rustix::fs::utimensat` with
+/// `AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW` works there on stable.
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+fn set_symlink_times(path: &Path, atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> UResult<()> {
+    let timestamps = build_timestamps(atime, mtime);
+    rustix::fs::utimensat(
+        rustix::fs::CWD,
+        path,
+        &timestamps,
+        rustix::fs::AtFlags::SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
+    )
+    .map_err(Error::from)
+    .map_err_context(|| translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()))
+}
+
+#[cfg(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"))]
 /// Build a rustix `Timestamps` from the access and modification `FileTime`s,
 /// preserving the `UTIME_NOW`/`UTIME_OMIT` sentinels in the nanoseconds field.
 fn build_timestamps(atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> Timestamps {
@@ -653,11 +676,12 @@ fn build_timestamps(atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> Timestamps {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(unix, not(target_os = "redox")))]
-/// Set file times by path using `utimensat`, following symlinks.
+#[cfg(all(any(unix, target_os = "wasi"), not(target_os = "redox")))]
+/// Set file times by path using `utimensat`.
 ///
-/// This never opens the file, so it does not block on special files such as
-/// FIFOs.
+/// This never opens the file on Unix, avoiding blocks on FIFOs. On WASI, if
+/// `utimensat` fails on a non-symlink (e.g. unopenable mode 0 files), it retries
+/// with `SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW`.
 fn set_times_by_path(path: &Path, atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> UResult<()> {
     let timestamps = build_timestamps(atime, mtime);
     rustix::fs::utimensat(
@@ -666,6 +690,18 @@ fn set_times_by_path(path: &Path, atime: FileTime, mtime: FileTime) -> UResult<(
         &timestamps,
         rustix::fs::AtFlags::empty(),
     )
+    .or_else(|err| {
+        if cfg!(target_os = "wasi") && !path.is_symlink() {
+            rustix::fs::utimensat(
+                rustix::fs::CWD,
+                path,
+                &timestamps,
+                rustix::fs::AtFlags::SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
+            )
+        } else {
+            Err(err)
+        }
+    })
     .map_err(|e| Error::from_raw_os_error(e.raw_os_error()))
     .map_err_context(|| translate!("touch-error-setting-times-of-path", "path" => path.quote()))
 }
@@ -725,9 +761,32 @@ fn stat(path: &Path, follow: bool) -> std::io::Result<(FileTime, FileTime)> {
         fs::symlink_metadata(path)?
     };
 
+    atime_mtime_of(&metadata)
+}
+
+/// Extract the access and modification `FileTime`s from `metadata`.
+///
+/// Returns a `Result` (rather than the pair directly) to share a signature
+/// with the WASI variant below, whose `Metadata::accessed`/`modified` calls
+/// can fail.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))]
+#[expect(clippy::unnecessary_wraps)]
+fn atime_mtime_of(metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> std::io::Result<(FileTime, FileTime)> {
+    Ok((
+        FileTime::from_last_access_time(metadata),
+        FileTime::from_last_modification_time(metadata),
+    ))
+}
+
+/// `filetime::FileTime::from_last_{access,modification}_time` panics on WASI
+/// (the `filetime` crate has no WASI-specific backend and falls back to its
+/// unimplemented generic wasm one). `Metadata::accessed`/`modified` are
+/// stable and WASI-backed, so use those instead there.
+#[cfg(target_os = "wasi")]
+fn atime_mtime_of(metadata: &fs::Metadata) -> std::io::Result<(FileTime, FileTime)> {
     Ok((
-        FileTime::from_last_access_time(&metadata),
-        FileTime::from_last_modification_time(&metadata),
+        FileTime::from(metadata.accessed()?),
+        FileTime::from(metadata.modified()?),
     ))
 }