diff --git a/crates/wasmprinter/src/lib.rs b/crates/wasmprinter/src/lib.rs
index b7844bf8b4..ac9deb254e 100644
--- a/crates/wasmprinter/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmprinter/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,25 @@ pub fn print_bytes(wasm: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> Result<String> {
 ///
 /// This structure is used to control the overal structure of how wasm binaries
 /// are printed and tweaks various ways that configures the output.
-#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     print_offsets: bool,
     print_skeleton: bool,
     name_unnamed: bool,
     fold_instructions: bool,
+    indent_text: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            print_offsets: false,
+            print_skeleton: false,
+            name_unnamed: false,
+            fold_instructions: false,
+            indent_text: "  ".to_string(),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// This structure is the actual structure that prints WebAssembly binaries.
@@ -226,6 +239,17 @@ impl Config {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Select the string to use when indenting.
+    ///
+    /// The indent allowed here are arbitrary and unchecked. You should enter
+    /// blank text like `" "` or `"\t"`, rather than something like `"(;;)"`.
+    ///
+    /// The default setting is double spaces `" "`
+    pub fn indent_text(&mut self, text: impl Into<String>) -> &mut Self {
+        self.indent_text = text.into();
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Prints a WebAssembly binary into a `String`
     ///
     /// This function takes an entire `wasm` binary blob and will print it to
@@ -1413,7 +1437,7 @@ impl Printer<'_, '_> {
         // reasonable to avoid generating hundreds of megabytes of whitespace
         // for small-ish modules that have deep-ish nesting.
         for _ in 0..self.nesting.min(MAX_NESTING_TO_PRINT) {
-            self.result.write_str("  ")?;
+            self.result.write_str(&self.config.indent_text)?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/wasmprinter/src/operator.rs b/crates/wasmprinter/src/operator.rs
index 5b6f728dfc..a87df5066a 100644
--- a/crates/wasmprinter/src/operator.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmprinter/src/operator.rs
@@ -1453,10 +1453,8 @@ impl OpPrinter for PrintOperatorFolded<'_, '_, '_, '_> {
         let mut buf_color = PrintTermcolor(Ansi::new(Vec::new()));
         let mut buf_nocolor = PrintTermcolor(NoColor::new(Vec::new()));
         let internal_config = Config {
-            print_offsets: false,
-            print_skeleton: false,
             name_unnamed: self.printer.config.name_unnamed,
-            fold_instructions: false,
+            ..Default::default()
         };
         let mut internal_printer = Printer {
             config: &internal_config,
diff --git a/src/bin/wasm-tools/print.rs b/src/bin/wasm-tools/print.rs
index 08a15446f0..a88e2de9a2 100644
--- a/src/bin/wasm-tools/print.rs
+++ b/src/bin/wasm-tools/print.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ pub struct Opts {
     /// Print instructions in the folded format.
     #[clap(short, long)]
     fold_instructions: bool,
+
+    /// The string to use when indenting.
+    #[clap(long)]
+    indent_text: Option<String>,
+    /// Number of spaces used for indentation, has lower priority than `--indent-text`
+    #[clap(long)]
+    indent: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl Opts {
@@ -45,6 +52,16 @@ impl Opts {
         config.print_skeleton(self.skeleton);
         config.name_unnamed(self.name_unnamed);
         config.fold_instructions(self.fold_instructions);
+        match self.indent_text.as_ref() {
+            Some(s) => {
+                config.indent_text(s);
+            }
+            None => {
+                if let Some(s) = self.indent {
+                    config.indent_text(&" ".repeat(s));
+                }
+            }
+        }
         self.io.output(wasm_tools::Output::Wat {
             wasm: &wasm,
             config,
diff --git a/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat b/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b14203c668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+;; RUN: print --indent 4 %
+
+(;@0     ;) (module
+(;@b     ;)   (type (;0;) (func (param i32) (result i32)))
+(;@1f    ;)   (func (;0;) (type 0) (param i32) (result i32)
+(;@20    ;)     local.get 0
+              )
+(;@17    ;)   (export "f" (func 0))
+            )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat.stdout b/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11b324786b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/print-custom-indent-width.wat.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(module
+    (type (;0;) (func (param i32) (result i32)))
+    (export "f" (func 0))
+    (func (;0;) (type 0) (param i32) (result i32)
+        local.get 0
+    )
+)
\ No newline at end of file