diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 78563ecfe..27ac74973 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@
     "axios": "^1.4.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.19.5",
     "fs-extra": "^11.1.1",
-    "unzipper": "^0.10.14"
+    "unzipper": "^0.10.14",
+    "zod": "^3.22.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/archiver": "^5.3.3",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/getWalletSetupFuncHash.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/getWalletSetupFuncHash.ts
index 521d42618..3a89ceab9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/getWalletSetupFuncHash.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/getWalletSetupFuncHash.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import esbuild from 'esbuild'
 export const WALLET_SETUP_FUNC_HASH_LENGTH = 10
 
 // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: any type here is intentional
-type AnyFunction = (...args: any) => any
+type AnyFunction = (...args: any) => Promise<any>
 
 export function getWalletSetupFuncHash(walletSetupFunc: AnyFunction) {
   // This transformation is necessary because a user could end up using a different execution engine than Playwright.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/importWalletSetupFile.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/importWalletSetupFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..498e86e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/importWalletSetupFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { z } from 'zod'
+import type { WalletSetupFunction } from '../defineWalletSetup'
+
+// TODO: Add hash length validation.
+const WalletSetupModule = z.object({
+  default: z.object({
+    hash: z.string(),
+    fn: z.function().returns(z.promise(z.void()))
+  })
+})
+
+export async function importWalletSetupFile(walletSetupFilePath: string) {
+  const walletSetupModule = await import(walletSetupFilePath)
+
+  const result = WalletSetupModule.safeParse(walletSetupModule)
+  if (!result.success) {
+    throw new Error(
+      [
+        `[ImportWalletSetupFile] Invalid wallet setup function at ${walletSetupFilePath}`,
+        'Remember that all wallet setup files must export the wallet setup function as a default export!'
+      ].join('\n')
+    )
+  }
+
+  const { hash, fn } = result.data.default
+
+  // TODO: Can we somehow validate this function type with Zod?
+  return {
+    hash,
+    fn: fn as WalletSetupFunction
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils/importWalletSetupFile.test.ts b/packages/core/test/utils/importWalletSetupFile.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aac0eb2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/utils/importWalletSetupFile.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { importWalletSetupFile } from '../../src/utils/importWalletSetupFile'
+
+vi.mock('./valid.setup.ts', async () => {
+  return {
+    default: {
+      hash: 'bca3f22838f317ed9e87',
+      fn: async () => {
+        return
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+vi.mock('./invalid.setup.ts', async () => {
+  return {
+    default: {
+      duck: 'Quack! 🦆'
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+describe('importWalletSetupFile', () => {
+  afterAll(() => {
+    vi.resetAllMocks()
+  })
+
+  // This error is from `await import`.
+  it('throws if the target file does not exist', async () => {
+    const nonExistentFilePath = './non-existent-file.ts'
+    await expect(importWalletSetupFile(nonExistentFilePath)).rejects.toThrowError(
+      `Failed to load url ${nonExistentFilePath}`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('throws if the target file is not a valid wallet setup file', async () => {
+    const invalidFilePath = './invalid.setup.ts'
+    await expect(importWalletSetupFile(invalidFilePath)).rejects.toThrowError(
+      `[ImportWalletSetupFile] Invalid wallet setup function at ${invalidFilePath}`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('returns the hash and function of a valid wallet setup file', async () => {
+    const validFilePath = './valid.setup.ts'
+    const result = await importWalletSetupFile(validFilePath)
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      hash: 'bca3f22838f317ed9e87',
+      fn: expect.any(Function)
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 90e333dd2..ee6fbd99e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ importers:
       unzipper:
         specifier: ^0.10.14
         version: 0.10.14
+      zod:
+        specifier: ^3.22.4
+        version: 3.22.4
     devDependencies:
       '@types/archiver':
         specifier: ^5.3.3