diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index a90c8d34c394db..de047aa540eb2f 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         '.Z': 'application/octet-stream',
         '.bz2': 'application/x-bzip2',
         '.xz': 'application/x-xz',
+        '.wasm': 'application/wasm',
     }
 
     def __init__(self, *args, directory=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-22-03-23-47.gh-issue-106900.GXdQB7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-22-03-23-47.gh-issue-106900.GXdQB7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b01e94b3b112bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-22-03-23-47.gh-issue-106900.GXdQB7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added wasm MIME type to
+:attr:`http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.extensions_map`.