diff --git a/_examples/shielding/fastly.toml b/_examples/shielding/fastly.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90b260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/shielding/fastly.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This file describes a Fastly Compute package. To learn more visit:
+# https://developer.fastly.com/reference/fastly-toml/
+
+authors = ["oss@fastly.com"]
+description = ""
+language = "go"
+manifest_version = 2
+name = "shielding"
+
+[local_server.shielding_sites]
+"pdx-or-us" = "Local"
+"bfi-wa-us".unencrypted = "http://localhost"
+"bfi-wa-us".encrypted = "https://localhost"
diff --git a/_examples/shielding/main.go b/_examples/shielding/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a1242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/shielding/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2022 Fastly, Inc.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp"
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/shielding"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fsthttp.ServeFunc(func(ctx context.Context, w fsthttp.ResponseWriter, r *fsthttp.Request) {
+		name := r.URL.Query().Get("shield")
+
+		shield, err := shielding.ShieldFromName(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			fsthttp.Error(w, err.Error(), fsthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Shield Name=%v, RunningOn=%v\n", shield.Name(), shield.IsRunningOn())
+	})
+}
diff --git a/integration_tests/shielding/fastly.toml b/integration_tests/shielding/fastly.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd8ad11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/shielding/fastly.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This file describes a Fastly Compute package. To learn more visit:
+# https://developer.fastly.com/reference/fastly-toml/
+
+authors = ["oss@fastly.com"]
+description = ""
+language = "other"
+manifest_version = 2
+name = "hello_world"
+service_id = ""
+
+[local_server]
+
+[local_server.shielding_sites]
+"pdx-or-us" = "Local"
+"bfi-wa-us".unencrypted = "http://localhost"
+"bfi-wa-us".encrypted = "https://localhost"
+
+[local_server.backends]
+[local_server.backends.TheOrigin]
+      url = "https://compute-sdk-test-backend.edgecompute.app/"
diff --git a/integration_tests/shielding/main_test.go b/integration_tests/shielding/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade2421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/shielding/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+//go:build ((tinygo.wasm && wasi) || wasip1) && !nofastlyhostcalls
+
+// Copyright 2022 Fastly, Inc.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/fsthttp"
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/fsttest"
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/shielding"
+)
+
+func TestShielding(t *testing.T) {
+	handler := func(_ context.Context, w fsthttp.ResponseWriter, r *fsthttp.Request) {
+		name := r.URL.Query().Get("shield")
+
+		shield, err := shielding.ShieldFromName(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			fsthttp.Error(w, err.Error(), fsthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Name=%v RunningOn=%v", shield.Name(), shield.IsRunningOn())
+	}
+
+	var tests = []struct {
+		shield, want string
+	}{
+		{"bfi-wa-us", "Name=bfi-wa-us RunningOn=false"},
+		{"pdx-or-us", "Name=pdx-or-us RunningOn=true"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+
+		r, err := fsthttp.NewRequest("GET", "/?shield="+tt.shield, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("NewRequest: %v", err)
+		}
+		w := fsttest.NewRecorder()
+
+		handler(context.Background(), w, r)
+
+		if got, want := w.Code, fsthttp.StatusOK; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Code = %d, want %d", got, want)
+		}
+
+		if got, want := w.Body.String(), tt.want; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("Body = %q, want %q", got, want)
+		}
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_noguest.go b/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_noguest.go
index 0e1d515..8cb6677 100644
--- a/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_noguest.go
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/hostcalls_noguest.go
@@ -727,3 +727,11 @@ func HTTPCacheGetSurrogateKeys(h *HTTPCacheHandle) (string, error) {
 func HTTPCacheGetVaryRule(h *HTTPCacheHandle) (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
 }
+
+func ShieldingShieldInfo(name string) (*ShieldInfo, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
+
+func ShieldingBackendForShield(name string, opts *ShieldingBackendOptions) (string, error) {
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("not implemented")
+}
diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/shielding_guest.go b/internal/abi/fastly/shielding_guest.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9103242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/shielding_guest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+//go:build ((tinygo.wasm && wasi) || wasip1) && !nofastlyhostcalls
+
+package fastly
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/internal/abi/prim"
+)
+
+// (module $fastly_shielding
+
+// witx:
+//
+//	(@interface func (export "shield_info")
+//	  (param $name string)
+//	  (param $info_block (@witx pointer (@witx char8)))
+//	  (param $info_block_max_len (@witx usize))
+//	  (result $err (expected $num_bytes (error $fastly_status)))
+//	)
+//
+//go:wasmimport fastly_shielding shield_info
+//go:noescape
+func fastlyShieldingShieldingInfo(
+	name prim.Pointer[prim.U8], nameLen prim.Usize,
+	bufPtr prim.Pointer[prim.Char8], bufLen prim.Usize,
+	bufLenOut prim.Pointer[prim.Usize],
+) FastlyStatus
+
+func ShieldingShieldInfo(name string) (*ShieldInfo, error) {
+
+	n := prim.NewReadBufferFromString(name).Wstring()
+	buf := prim.NewWriteBuffer(DefaultMediumBufLen)
+
+	if err := fastlyShieldingShieldingInfo(
+		n.Data, n.Len,
+		prim.ToPointer(buf.Char8Pointer()), buf.Cap(),
+		prim.ToPointer(buf.NPointer()),
+	).toError(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	bufb := buf.AsBytes()
+
+	if len(bufb) == 0 {
+		return nil, FastlyStatusBadAlign.toError()
+	}
+
+	// block format:
+	// 0x1 (running on shield)
+	// 0x0 0x0 // no targets, but still have field separators)
+	// OR
+	// 0x0 (not running on shield)
+	// <unencrypted target> 0x0
+	// <encrypted target> 0x0
+
+	var info ShieldInfo
+	info.me = bufb[0] == 1
+
+	if !info.me {
+		// strip first null byte and extract targets
+		vals := bytes.Split(bufb[1:], []byte{0})
+
+		// ensure we got what we expected
+		if len(vals) != 3 {
+			return nil, FastlyStatusBadAlign.toError()
+		}
+
+		info.target = string(vals[0])
+		info.sslTarget = string(vals[1])
+	}
+
+	return &info, nil
+}
+
+// witx:
+//
+// (@interface func (export "backend_for_shield")
+//
+//	  (param $shield_name string)
+//	  (param $backend_config_mask $shield_backend_options)
+//	  (param $backend_configuration (@witx pointer $shield_backend_config))
+//	  (param $backend_name_out (@witx pointer (@witx char8)))
+//	  (param $backend_name_max_len (@witx usize))
+//	  (result $err (expected $num_bytes (error $fastly_status)))
+//	)
+//
+//go:wasmimport fastly_shielding backend_for_shield
+//go:noescape
+func fastlyShieldingBackendForShield(
+	name prim.Pointer[prim.Char8], nameLen prim.Usize,
+	mask shieldingBackendOptionsMask,
+	opts prim.Pointer[shieldingBackendOptions],
+	bufPtr prim.Pointer[prim.Char8], bufLen prim.Usize,
+	bufLenOut prim.Pointer[prim.Usize],
+) FastlyStatus
+
+func ShieldingBackendForShield(name string, opts *ShieldingBackendOptions) (backend string, err error) {
+
+	n := prim.NewReadBufferFromString(name)
+
+	buf := prim.NewWriteBuffer(DefaultMediumBufLen)
+
+	if err := fastlyShieldingBackendForShield(
+		prim.ToPointer(n.Char8Pointer()), n.Len(),
+		opts.mask, prim.ToPointer(&opts.opts),
+		prim.ToPointer(buf.Char8Pointer()),
+		buf.Cap(),
+		prim.ToPointer(buf.NPointer()),
+	).toError(); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+
+	}
+
+	return buf.ToString(), nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/abi/fastly/types.go b/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
index 49bbe5e..5a9f253 100644
--- a/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
+++ b/internal/abi/fastly/types.go
@@ -1623,3 +1623,49 @@ const (
 	httpCacheWriteOptionsFlagLength               httpCacheWriteOptionsMask = 1 << 5
 	httpCacheWriteOptionsFlagSensitiveData        httpCacheWriteOptionsMask = 1 << 6
 )
+
+// shielding.witx
+
+type shieldingBackendOptionsMask prim.U32
+
+const (
+	shieldingBackendOptionsFlagReserved    shieldingBackendOptionsMask = 1 << 0
+	shieldingBackendOptionsFlagUseCacheKey shieldingBackendOptionsMask = 1 << 1
+)
+
+type shieldingBackendOptions struct {
+	// A list of surrogate keys that may be used to purge this response.
+	//
+	// The format is a string containing [valid surrogate
+	// keys](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/http/http-headers/Surrogate-Key/)
+	// separated by spaces.
+	//
+	// If this field is not set, no surrogate keys will be associated with the response. This
+	// means that the response cannot be purged except via a purge-all operation.
+	cacheKeyPtr prim.Pointer[prim.Char8]
+	cacheKeyLen prim.Usize
+}
+
+type ShieldingBackendOptions struct {
+	mask shieldingBackendOptionsMask
+	opts shieldingBackendOptions
+}
+
+func (s *ShieldingBackendOptions) CacheKey(key string) {
+	s.mask |= shieldingBackendOptionsFlagUseCacheKey
+	buf := prim.NewReadBufferFromString(key)
+	s.opts.cacheKeyPtr = prim.ToPointer(buf.Char8Pointer())
+	s.opts.cacheKeyLen = buf.Len()
+}
+
+type ShieldInfo struct {
+	me        bool
+	target    string
+	sslTarget string
+}
+
+func (s *ShieldInfo) RunningOn() bool { return s.me }
+
+func (s *ShieldInfo) Target() string { return s.target }
+
+func (s *ShieldInfo) SSLTarget() string { return s.sslTarget }
diff --git a/shielding/doc.go b/shielding/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76b9f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shielding/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Package shielding provides support for shielding for Compute services.  Refer to
+// https://www.fastly.com/documentation/guides/concepts/shielding/ for more information.
+
+package shielding
diff --git a/shielding/shielding.go b/shielding/shielding.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac95eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shielding/shielding.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package shielding
+
+import (
+	"github.com/fastly/compute-sdk-go/internal/abi/fastly"
+)
+
+// Shield is a shielding site withing Fastly.
+type Shield struct {
+	name      string
+	runningOn bool
+}
+
+// ShieldFromName returns information about a particular shield site.
+func ShieldFromName(n string) (*Shield, error) {
+	info, err := fastly.ShieldingShieldInfo(n)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &Shield{
+		name:      n,
+		runningOn: info.RunningOn(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the shield site.
+func (s *Shield) Name() string { return s.name }
+
+// IsRunningOn returns whether the Compute node is currently in the shielding site.
+func (s *Shield) IsRunningOn() bool { return s.runningOn }
+
+// BackendOptions
+type BackendOptions struct {
+}
+
+// Backend returns a named backend for use with the fsthttp package.
+func (s *Shield) Backend(opts *BackendOptions) (string, error) {
+	var abiOpts fastly.ShieldingBackendOptions
+	return fastly.ShieldingBackendForShield(s.name, &abiOpts)
+}