diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f084283df2b..83fbe3fa06a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           pnpm nx run-many -t check-imports check-lock-files check-codeowners --parallel=1 --no-dte &
           pids+=($!)
 
-          pnpm nx affected --targets=lint,oxlint,test,build,e2e,e2e-ci,format-native,lint-native,gradle:build-ci,vale,run,validate-example &
+          pnpm nx affected --targets=lint,oxlint,test,build,e2e,e2e-ci,format-native,lint-native,check-native-wasm,gradle:build-ci,vale,run,validate-example &
           pids+=($!)
 
           for pid in "${pids[@]}"; do
diff --git a/packages/nx/project.json b/packages/nx/project.json
index 9c33e21637c..07a04b8a7f4 100644
--- a/packages/nx/project.json
+++ b/packages/nx/project.json
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
     }
   },
   "targets": {
+    "check-native-wasm": {
+      "cache": true,
+      "inputs": ["native", "{workspaceRoot}/scripts/check-wasm-target.sh"],
+      "outputs": [],
+      "parallelism": false,
+      "command": "./scripts/check-wasm-target.sh"
+    },
     "build-native-wasm": {
       "cache": true,
       "inputs": ["native"],
diff --git a/scripts/check-wasm-target.sh b/scripts/check-wasm-target.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6d7f1f71226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-wasm-target.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Type-checks the native crate for wasm. `cargo check` never links, so it needs none
+# of the wasi-sdk / cmake / sqlite machinery a full `pnpm build:wasm` does.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Keep in sync with the `build:wasm` script in package.json. `packages/nx/src/lib.rs`
+# puts `wasi_ext` behind `#![feature]`, which stable rejects with E0554 before it
+# typechecks anything, so a stable toolchain reports the wrong error here.
+TOOLCHAIN=nightly-2026-03-01
+TARGET=wasm32-wasip1-threads
+
+if ! command -v rustup >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "check-native-wasm needs rustup to provide $TOOLCHAIN. See https://rustup.rs." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! rustup toolchain list | grep -q "^$TOOLCHAIN"; then
+  echo "Installing the $TOOLCHAIN toolchain (a few hundred MB under ~/.rustup, once)."
+  rustup toolchain install "$TOOLCHAIN" --profile minimal --target "$TARGET"
+elif ! rustup target list --toolchain "$TOOLCHAIN" --installed | grep -qx "$TARGET"; then
+  rustup target add --toolchain "$TOOLCHAIN" "$TARGET"
+fi
+
+# napi-build reads this; nothing is linked, but the build script still resolves it.
+export EMNAPI_LINK_DIR="$PWD/node_modules/emnapi/lib/wasm32-wasi-threads"
+
+# `rustup run` rather than RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN: mise puts its own non-shim `cargo` on
+# PATH (the `rust` pin in mise.toml), and that one ignores RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN.
+exec rustup run "$TOOLCHAIN" cargo check -p nx --target "$TARGET"