diff --git a/common/state/src/plugin/errors.rs b/common/state/src/plugin/errors.rs
index 0ab57ffc4c..40154eb922 100644
--- a/common/state/src/plugin/errors.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/plugin/errors.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub enum PluginError {
     NoSuchModule,
     Encoding(Box<ErrorKind>),
     PluginModuleError(String, String, PluginModuleError),
+    ProcessExit,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/common/state/src/plugin/exports.rs b/common/state/src/plugin/exports.rs
index e27faa14c4..983cdcca42 100644
--- a/common/state/src/plugin/exports.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/plugin/exports.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::plugin::wasm_env::HostFunctionEnvironment;
+use crate::plugin::wasm_env::{HostFunctionEnvironment, HostFunctionException};
 use wasmer::{AsStoreMut, AsStoreRef, FunctionEnvMut, Memory32, Memory64, MemorySize, WasmPtr};
 // there is no WASI defined for wasm64, yet, so always use 32bit pointers
 type MemoryModel = wasmer::Memory32;
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ pub(crate) fn wasi_env_get(
     _environ: WasmPtr<WasmPtr<u8, MemoryModel>, MemoryModel>,
     _environ_buf: WasmPtr<u8, MemoryModel>,
 ) -> i32 {
+    // as the environment is always empty (0 bytes, 0 entries) this function will
+    // just unconditionally return Success.
     wasmer_wasix_types::wasi::Errno::Success as i32
 }
 
@@ -118,14 +120,18 @@ pub(crate) fn wasi_env_sizes_get(
     let memory = env.data().memory().clone();
     let store = env.as_store_mut();
     let mem = memory.view(&store);
+    const NUMBER_OF_ENVIRONMENT_ENTRIES: u32 = 0;
+    const NUMBER_OF_ENVIRONMENT_BYTES: u32 = 0;
     numptr
-        .write(&mem, 0)
-        .and_then(|()| bytesptr.write(&mem, 0))
-        .map(|()| Errno::Success)
-        .unwrap_or(Errno::Memviolation) as i32
+        .write(&mem, NUMBER_OF_ENVIRONMENT_ENTRIES)
+        .and_then(|()| bytesptr.write(&mem, NUMBER_OF_ENVIRONMENT_BYTES))
+        .map_or(Errno::Memviolation, |()| Errno::Success) as i32
 }
 
 // proc_exit(rval: exitcode)
-pub(crate) fn wasi_proc_exit(env: FunctionEnvMut<HostFunctionEnvironment>, _exitcode: i32) {
-    tracing::warn!("Plugin {} called exit().", env.data().name)
+pub(crate) fn wasi_proc_exit(
+    _env: FunctionEnvMut<HostFunctionEnvironment>,
+    exitcode: i32,
+) -> Result<(), HostFunctionException> {
+    Err(HostFunctionException::ProcessExit(exitcode))
 }
diff --git a/common/state/src/plugin/mod.rs b/common/state/src/plugin/mod.rs
index ea2bb8ace3..5bbd434e89 100644
--- a/common/state/src/plugin/mod.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/plugin/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use self::{
     errors::PluginError,
     memory_manager::EcsWorld,
     module::{PluginModule, PreparedEventQuery},
+    wasm_env::HostFunctionException,
 };
 
 use rayon::prelude::*;
@@ -102,6 +103,24 @@ impl Plugin {
             .flat_map(|module| {
                 module.try_execute(ecs, event).map(|x| {
                     x.map_err(|e| {
+                        if let errors::PluginModuleError::RunFunction(runtime_err) = &e {
+                            if let Some(host_except) =
+                                runtime_err.downcast_ref::<HostFunctionException>()
+                            {
+                                match host_except {
+                                    HostFunctionException::ProcessExit(code) => {
+                                        module.exit_code = Some(*code);
+                                        tracing::warn!(
+                                            "Module {} binary {} exited with {}",
+                                            self.data.name,
+                                            module.name(),
+                                            *code
+                                        );
+                                        return PluginError::ProcessExit;
+                                    },
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
                         PluginError::PluginModuleError(
                             self.data.name.to_owned(),
                             event.get_function_name().to_owned(),
@@ -111,6 +130,13 @@ impl Plugin {
                 })
             })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()
+            .map_err(|e| {
+                if matches!(e, PluginError::ProcessExit) {
+                    // remove the executable from the module which called process exit
+                    self.modules.retain(|m| m.exit_code.is_none())
+                }
+                e
+            })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/common/state/src/plugin/module.rs b/common/state/src/plugin/module.rs
index eb0fd53530..382505c2fb 100644
--- a/common/state/src/plugin/module.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/plugin/module.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub struct PluginModule {
     store: Store,
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     name: String,
+    pub(crate) exit_code: Option<i32>,
 }
 
 impl PluginModule {
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ impl PluginModule {
             wasm_state: Arc::new(instance),
             store,
             name,
+            exit_code: None,
         })
     }
 
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@ impl PluginModule {
         };
         Some(bincode::deserialize(&bytes).map_err(PluginModuleError::Encoding))
     }
+
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str { &self.name }
 }
 
 /// This structure represent a Pre-encoded event object (Useful to avoid
diff --git a/common/state/src/plugin/wasm_env.rs b/common/state/src/plugin/wasm_env.rs
index 480784d3d0..a2ca60ad6a 100644
--- a/common/state/src/plugin/wasm_env.rs
+++ b/common/state/src/plugin/wasm_env.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ pub struct HostFunctionEnvironmentInit {
     memory: Memory,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+// Exception thrown from a native wasm callback
+pub enum HostFunctionException {
+    ProcessExit(i32),
+}
+
+// needed for `std::error::Error`
+impl core::fmt::Display for HostFunctionException {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter) -> core::fmt::Result { write!(f, "{:?}", self) }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for HostFunctionException {}
+
 impl HostFunctionEnvironment {
     pub fn new(name: String, ecs: Arc<EcsAccessManager>) -> Self {
         Self {