diff --git a/crates/plugin_runtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/plugin_runtime/src/lib.rs
index b59f03a55f9b5c35f3bdc78dcfe8d2ad1c6495d0..b008a98c287541c2cd73067fee6a59edd4d79fda 100644
--- a/crates/plugin_runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/plugin_runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ mod tests {
                         .map(|output| output.stdout)
                 })
                 .unwrap()
-                .init(
-                    false,
-                    include_bytes!("../../../plugins/bin/test_plugin.wasm"),
-                )
+                .init(PluginBinary::Wasm(
+                    include_bytes!("../../../plugins/bin/test_plugin.wasm").as_ref(),
+                ))
                 .await
                 .unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs b/crates/plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
index 988c9263351041cc5d0d1f2c433824db4ee067c2..2767d9c4b876e0697f817774a155e7aab9a22561 100644
--- a/crates/plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/plugin_runtime/src/plugin.rs
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ impl PluginBuilder {
 
     /// Initializes a [`Plugin`] from a given compiled Wasm module.
     /// Both binary (`.wasm`) and text (`.wat`) module formats are supported.
-    pub async fn init<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(self, precompiled: bool, module: T) -> Result<Plugin, Error> {
-        Plugin::init(precompiled, module.as_ref(), self).await
+    pub async fn init<'a>(self, binary: PluginBinary<'a>) -> Result<Plugin, Error> {
+        Plugin::init(binary, self).await
     }
 }
 
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ impl WasiCtxAlloc {
     }
 }
 
+pub enum PluginBinary<'a> {
+    Wasm(&'a [u8]),
+    Precompiled(&'a [u8]),
+}
+
 /// Represents a WebAssembly plugin, with access to the WebAssembly System Inferface.
 /// Build a new plugin using [`PluginBuilder`].
 pub struct Plugin {
@@ -406,7 +411,7 @@ impl Plugin {
         println!();
     }
 
-    async fn init(precompiled: bool, module: &[u8], plugin: PluginBuilder) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    async fn init<'a>(binary: PluginBinary<'a>, plugin: PluginBuilder) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         // initialize the WebAssembly System Interface context
         let engine = plugin.engine;
         let mut linker = plugin.linker;
@@ -422,10 +427,9 @@ impl Plugin {
             },
         );
 
-        let module = if precompiled {
-            unsafe { Module::deserialize(&engine, module)? }
-        } else {
-            Module::new(&engine, module)?
+        let module = match binary {
+            PluginBinary::Precompiled(bytes) => unsafe { Module::deserialize(&engine, bytes)? },
+            PluginBinary::Wasm(bytes) => Module::new(&engine, bytes)?,
         };
 
         // set up automatic yielding based on configuration
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
index 8417f0ff9a6f699878309f406a8ef875f3f76317..db96c6832908b65c181cd0223fef241dff17783f 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages/language_plugin.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use client::http::HttpClient;
 use futures::lock::Mutex;
 use gpui::executor::Background;
 use language::{LanguageServerName, LspAdapter};
-use plugin_runtime::{Plugin, PluginBuilder, PluginYield, WasiFn};
+use plugin_runtime::{Plugin, PluginBinary, PluginBuilder, PluginYield, WasiFn};
 use std::{any::Any, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
 use util::ResultExt;
 
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ pub async fn new_json(executor: Arc<Background>) -> Result<PluginLspAdapter> {
                 .log_err()
                 .map(|output| output.stdout)
         })?
-        .init(
-            true,
-            include_bytes!("../../../../plugins/bin/json_language.wasm.pre"),
-        )
+        .init(PluginBinary::Precompiled(include_bytes!(
+            "../../../../plugins/bin/json_language.wasm.pre"
+        )))
         .await?;
 
     PluginLspAdapter::new(plugin, executor).await