diff --git a/internal/engine/wazevo/engine.go b/internal/engine/wazevo/engine.go
index a6df3e7e79..8a533dc381 100644
--- a/internal/engine/wazevo/engine.go
+++ b/internal/engine/wazevo/engine.go
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ package wazevo
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"crypto/md5"
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand/v2"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/tetratelabs/wazero/api"
@@ -209,7 +213,6 @@ func (e *engine) compileModule(ctx context.Context, module *wasm.Module, listene
 
 	// Creates new compiler instances which are reused for each function.
 	ssaBuilder := ssa.NewBuilder()
-	fe := frontend.NewFrontendCompiler(module, ssaBuilder, &cm.offsets, ensureTermination, withListener, needSourceInfo)
 	machine := newMachine()
 	be := backend.NewCompiler(ctx, machine, ssaBuilder)
 
@@ -227,27 +230,86 @@ func (e *engine) compileModule(ctx context.Context, module *wasm.Module, listene
 	needCallTrampoline := callTrampolineIslandSize > 0
 	var callTrampolineIslandOffsets []int // Holds the offsets of trampoline islands.
 
-	for i := range module.CodeSection {
-		if wazevoapi.DeterministicCompilationVerifierEnabled {
-			i = wazevoapi.DeterministicCompilationVerifierGetRandomizedLocalFunctionIndex(ctx, i)
-		}
+	type CompiledLocalFuncResult struct {
+		Body             []byte
+		RelsPerFunc      []backend.RelocationInfo
+		IDX              wasm.Index
+		SourceOffsetInfo []backend.SourceOffsetInfo
+	}
+
+	compiledFuncs := make([]CompiledLocalFuncResult, len(module.CodeSection))
+
+	workers := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(workers)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
+	defer cancel(nil)
+
+	// constant seed for demonstration purposes.
+	seq, perm := sequence(0, len(module.CodeSection))
+	resultmutex := &sync.Mutex{}
+
+	for range workers {
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			ssaBuilder := ssa.NewBuilder()
+			machine := newMachine()
+			fe := frontend.NewFrontendCompiler(module, ssaBuilder, &cm.offsets, ensureTermination, withListener, needSourceInfo)
+
+			for ix := seq.Pop(); ix < len(module.CodeSection); ix = seq.Pop() {
+				if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+					// Compilation canceled!
+					return
+				}
+				i := perm[ix]
+				if wazevoapi.DeterministicCompilationVerifierEnabled {
+					i = wazevoapi.DeterministicCompilationVerifierGetRandomizedLocalFunctionIndex(ctx, i)
+				}
+
+				fidx := wasm.Index(i + importedFns)
+
+				if wazevoapi.NeedFunctionNameInContext {
+					def := module.FunctionDefinition(fidx)
+					name := def.DebugName()
+					if len(def.ExportNames()) > 0 {
+						name = def.ExportNames()[0]
+					}
+					ctx = wazevoapi.SetCurrentFunctionName(ctx, i, fmt.Sprintf("[%d/%d]%s", i, len(module.CodeSection)-1, name))
+				}
+
+				be := backend.NewCompiler(ctx, machine, ssaBuilder)
+
+				needListener := len(listeners) > 0 && listeners[i] != nil
+
+				body, relsPerFunc, err := e.compileLocalWasmFunction(ctx, module, wasm.Index(i), fe, ssaBuilder, be, needListener)
+				if err != nil {
+					cancel(fmt.Errorf("compile function %d/%d: %v", i, len(module.CodeSection)-1, err))
+					return
+				}
+
+				resultmutex.Lock()
+				compiledFuncs[i] = CompiledLocalFuncResult{
+					Body:             body,
+					RelsPerFunc:      relsPerFunc,
+					IDX:              fidx,
+					SourceOffsetInfo: be.SourceOffsetInfo(),
+				}
+				resultmutex.Unlock()
+			}
+		}()
+	}
 
-		fidx := wasm.Index(i + importedFns)
+	wg.Wait()
 
-		if wazevoapi.NeedFunctionNameInContext {
-			def := module.FunctionDefinition(fidx)
-			name := def.DebugName()
-			if len(def.ExportNames()) > 0 {
-				name = def.ExportNames()[0]
-			}
-			ctx = wazevoapi.SetCurrentFunctionName(ctx, i, fmt.Sprintf("[%d/%d]%s", i, len(module.CodeSection)-1, name))
-		}
+	if err := context.Cause(ctx); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-		needListener := len(listeners) > 0 && listeners[i] != nil
-		body, relsPerFunc, err := e.compileLocalWasmFunction(ctx, module, wasm.Index(i), fe, ssaBuilder, be, needListener)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("compile function %d/%d: %v", i, len(module.CodeSection)-1, err)
-		}
+	for i := range module.CodeSection {
+		fn := compiledFuncs[i]
 
 		// Align 16-bytes boundary.
 		totalSize = (totalSize + 15) &^ 15
@@ -259,26 +321,26 @@ func (e *engine) compileModule(ctx context.Context, module *wasm.Module, listene
 			cm.sourceMap.executableOffsets = append(cm.sourceMap.executableOffsets, uintptr(totalSize))
 			cm.sourceMap.wasmBinaryOffsets = append(cm.sourceMap.wasmBinaryOffsets, module.CodeSection[i].BodyOffsetInCodeSection)
 
-			for _, info := range be.SourceOffsetInfo() {
+			for _, info := range fn.SourceOffsetInfo {
 				cm.sourceMap.executableOffsets = append(cm.sourceMap.executableOffsets, uintptr(totalSize)+uintptr(info.ExecutableOffset))
 				cm.sourceMap.wasmBinaryOffsets = append(cm.sourceMap.wasmBinaryOffsets, uint64(info.SourceOffset))
 			}
 		}
 
-		fref := frontend.FunctionIndexToFuncRef(fidx)
+		fref := frontend.FunctionIndexToFuncRef(fn.IDX)
 		refToBinaryOffset[fref] = totalSize
 
 		// At this point, relocation offsets are relative to the start of the function body,
 		// so we adjust it to the start of the executable.
-		for _, r := range relsPerFunc {
+		for _, r := range fn.RelsPerFunc {
 			r.Offset += int64(totalSize)
 			rels = append(rels, r)
 		}
 
-		bodies[i] = body
-		totalSize += len(body)
+		bodies[i] = fn.Body
+		totalSize += len(fn.Body)
 		if wazevoapi.PrintMachineCodeHexPerFunction {
-			fmt.Printf("[[[machine code for %s]]]\n%s\n\n", wazevoapi.GetCurrentFunctionName(ctx), hex.EncodeToString(body))
+			fmt.Printf("[[[machine code for %s]]]\n%s\n\n", wazevoapi.GetCurrentFunctionName(ctx), hex.EncodeToString(fn.Body))
 		}
 
 		if needCallTrampoline {
@@ -841,3 +903,46 @@ func (cm *compiledModule) getSourceOffset(pc uintptr) uint64 {
 	}
 	return cm.sourceMap.wasmBinaryOffsets[index]
 }
+
+type seq struct {
+	current int64
+}
+
+func (t *seq) Pop() int {
+	return int(atomic.AddInt64(&t.current, 1))
+}
+
+func chaCha8[T ~[]byte | string](seed T) *rand.ChaCha8 {
+	var (
+		vector [32]byte
+		source = []byte(seed)
+	)
+
+	v1 := md5.Sum(source)
+	v2 := md5.Sum(append(v1[:], source...))
+	copy(vector[:15], v1[:])
+	copy(vector[16:], v2[:])
+
+	return rand.NewChaCha8(vector)
+}
+
+func sequence(seed uint64, length int) (*seq, []int) {
+	uint64Bytes := func(v uint64) []byte {
+		var b [8]byte
+		binary.NativeEndian.PutUint64(b[:], v)
+		return b[:]
+	}
+
+	perm := make([]int, 0, length)
+	for idx := range length {
+		perm = append(perm, idx)
+	}
+
+	prng := rand.New(chaCha8(uint64Bytes(seed)))
+
+	prng.Shuffle(len(perm), func(i, j int) {
+		perm[i], perm[j] = perm[j], perm[i]
+	})
+
+	return &seq{current: -1}, perm
+}