diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a2cbce24..634ee4ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3681,6 +3681,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-parser",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wrpc-pack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bytes",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "wrpc-transport",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wrpc-runtime-wasmtime"
 version = "0.21.0"
diff --git a/crates/pack/Cargo.toml b/crates/pack/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e7ddd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pack/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "wrpc-pack"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Temporary stopgap solution for encoding fully-synchronous wRPC values"
+
+authors.workspace = true
+categories.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+homepage.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = { workspace = true }
+bytes = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+tokio-util = { workspace = true }
+wrpc-transport = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/pack/src/lib.rs b/crates/pack/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36380a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pack/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+//! Stopgap solution for packing and unpacking wRPC values to/from singular, flat byte buffers.
+//!
+//! All APIs in this crate are to be considered unstable and everything may break arbitrarily.
+//!
+//! This crate will never reach 1.0 and will be deprecated once <https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wrpc/issues/25> is complete
+//!
+//! This crate is maintained on a best-effort basis.
+
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use core::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+use bytes::BytesMut;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
+use wrpc_transport::{Decode, Deferred as _, Encode};
+
+/// A stream, which fails on each operation, this type should only ever be used in trait bounds
+pub struct NoopStream;
+
+impl AsyncRead for NoopStream {
+    fn poll_read(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _: &mut Context<'_>,
+        _: &mut tokio::io::ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "should not be called",
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsyncWrite for NoopStream {
+    fn poll_write(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _: &mut Context<'_>,
+        _: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<usize>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "should not be called",
+        )))
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "should not be called",
+        )))
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
+            "should not be called",
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+impl wrpc_transport::Index<Self> for NoopStream {
+    fn index(&self, _: &[usize]) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        anyhow::bail!("should not be called")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Pack a [`wrpc_transport::Encode`] into a singular byte buffer `dst`.
+///
+/// This function does not support asynchronous values and will return an error is such a value is
+/// passed in.
+///
+/// This is unstable API, which will be deprecated once feature-complete "packing" functionality is available in [`wrpc_transport`].
+/// Track <https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wrpc/issues/25> for updates.
+pub fn pack<T: Encode<NoopStream>>(
+    v: T,
+    dst: &mut BytesMut,
+) -> Result<(), <T::Encoder as Encoder<T>>::Error> {
+    let mut enc = T::Encoder::default();
+    enc.encode(v, dst)?;
+    if enc.take_deferred().is_some() {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "value contains pending asynchronous values and cannot be packed",
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Unpack a [`wrpc_transport::Decode`] from a byte buffer `dst`.
+///
+/// This function does not support asynchronous values and will return an error if `buf` contains pending async values.
+///
+/// If this function returns an error, contents of `buf` are undefined.
+///
+/// This is unstable API, which will be deprecated once feature-complete "unpacking" functionality is available in [`wrpc_transport`].
+/// Track <https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wrpc/issues/25> for updates.
+pub fn unpack<T: Decode<NoopStream>>(
+    buf: &mut BytesMut,
+) -> Result<T, <T::Decoder as Decoder>::Error> {
+    let mut dec = T::Decoder::default();
+    let v = dec.decode(buf)?;
+    let v = v.ok_or_else(|| {
+        std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "buffer is incomplete")
+    })?;
+    if dec.take_deferred().is_some() {
+        return Err(std::io::Error::new(
+            std::io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            "buffer contains pending asynchronous values and cannot be unpacked",
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
+    Ok(v)
+}