diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ce16646cb6a8..beb2defdb8276 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ test-vrl: ## Run the VRL test suite
 
 .PHONY: compile-vrl-wasm
 compile-vrl-wasm: ## Compile VRL crates to WASM target
-	@scripts/compile-vrl-wasm.sh
+	cargo vdev generate vrl-wasm
 
 ##@ Utility
 
diff --git a/scripts/compile-vrl-wasm.sh b/scripts/compile-vrl-wasm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6ef300ababf60..0000000000000
--- a/scripts/compile-vrl-wasm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# wasm-compile-vrl.sh
-#
-# SUMMARY
-#
-#   Compiles relevant crates to wasm32-unknown-unknown
-
-(
-  cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../lib/vrl/compiler"
-  echo "Compiling lib/vrl/compiler to wasm32-unknown-unknown"
-  cargo build --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-)
-
-(
-  cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../lib/vrl/core"
-  echo "Compiling lib/vrl/core to wasm32-unknown-unknown"
-  cargo build --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-)
-
-(
-  cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../lib/vrl/diagnostic"
-  echo "Compiling lib/vrl/diagnostic to wasm32-unknown-unknown"
-  cargo build --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-)
-
-(
-  cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../lib/vrl/parser"
-  echo "Compiling lib/vrl/parser to wasm32-unknown-unknown"
-  cargo build --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-)
diff --git a/vdev/src/commands/generate.rs b/vdev/src/commands/generate/mod.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from vdev/src/commands/generate.rs
rename to vdev/src/commands/generate/mod.rs
index 770ab4896c433..14f6a626dd373 100644
--- a/vdev/src/commands/generate.rs
+++ b/vdev/src/commands/generate/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ crate::cli_subcommands! {
     component_docs,
     manifests,
     release_cue,
+    mod vrl_wasm,
 }
 
 crate::script_wrapper! {
diff --git a/vdev/src/commands/generate/vrl_wasm.rs b/vdev/src/commands/generate/vrl_wasm.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92975b7acd6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vdev/src/commands/generate/vrl_wasm.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use anyhow::Result;
+use clap::Args;
+
+use crate::app;
+
+/// Compiles VRL crates to wasm32-unknown-unknown
+#[derive(Args, Debug)]
+#[command()]
+pub struct Cli {}
+
+impl Cli {
+    pub fn exec(self) -> Result<()> {
+        let vrl_path = Path::new(app::path()).join("lib").join("vrl");
+        let args = &["build", "--release", "--target", "wasm32-unknown-unknown"];
+
+        for crate_name in  ["compiler", "core", "diagnostic", "parser"] {
+            println!("Compiling lib/vrl/{crate_name} to wasm32-unknown-unknown");
+            std::env::set_current_dir(vrl_path.join(crate_name))?;
+            app::exec("cargo", *args, false)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}