diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 83a6faead76..fef5b87d74d 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@ def configure_library(lib, output, pkgname=None):
 
 
 def configure_v8(o):
-  o['variables']['v8_enable_webassembly'] = 1
+  o['variables']['v8_enable_webassembly'] = 0 if options.v8_lite_mode else 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_javascript_promise_hooks'] = 1
   o['variables']['v8_enable_lite_mode'] = 1 if options.v8_lite_mode else 0
   o['variables']['v8_enable_gdbjit'] = 1 if options.gdb else 0