diff --git a/src/executor.rs b/src/executor.rs
index c583c2f6b..195971fe5 100644
--- a/src/executor.rs
+++ b/src/executor.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 //! This module provides methods to execute the programs, either via JIT or compiled ahead
 //! of time. It also provides a cache to avoid recompiling previously compiled programs.
 
-pub use self::{aot::AotNativeExecutor, contract::AotContractExecutor, jit::JitNativeExecutor};
+pub use self::{
+    aot::AotNativeExecutor,
+    contract::AotContractExecutor,
+    contract_executor::ContractExecutor,
+    jit::JitNativeExecutor,
+};
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+pub use self::contract_executor::EmuContractInfo;
 use crate::{
     arch::{AbiArgument, ValueWithInfoWrapper},
     error::{panic::ToNativeAssertError, Error},
@@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ use std::{alloc::Layout, arch::global_asm, ptr::NonNull};
 
 mod aot;
 mod contract;
+mod contract_executor;
 mod jit;
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
diff --git a/src/executor/contract_executor.rs b/src/executor/contract_executor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1d03089a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/executor/contract_executor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+//! Dispatch enum that lets a single call site choose between AOT-compiled execution and
+//! sierra-emu interpretation, without changing call-site code.
+//!
+//! The `Emu` variant is gated on the `sierra-emu` feature and uses
+//! [`crate::sierra_emu_bridge::SierraEmuSyscallBridge`] to thread a cairo-native syscall
+//! handler through the sierra-emu VM.
+
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+use cairo_lang_sierra::program::Program;
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+use cairo_lang_starknet_classes::compiler_version::VersionId;
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+use cairo_lang_starknet_classes::contract_class::ContractEntryPoints;
+use starknet_types_core::felt::Felt;
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::execution_result::ContractExecutionResult;
+use crate::executor::AotContractExecutor;
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+use crate::sierra_emu_bridge::SierraEmuSyscallBridge;
+use crate::starknet::StarknetSyscallHandler;
+use crate::utils::BuiltinCosts;
+
+/// Runtime selection between cairo-native's AOT executor and the sierra-emu interpreter.
+///
+/// `Emu` is constructed from the program + entry points + sierra version triple that
+/// `sierra_emu::VirtualMachine::new_starknet` requires; the `Arc<Program>` is shared across
+/// invocations rather than cloned per call.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ContractExecutor {
+    Aot(AotContractExecutor),
+    #[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+    Emu(EmuContractInfo),
+}
+
+/// Inputs required to construct a `sierra_emu::VirtualMachine` for the `Emu` variant.
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct EmuContractInfo {
+    pub program: Arc<Program>,
+    pub entry_points: ContractEntryPoints,
+    pub sierra_version: VersionId,
+}
+
+impl From<AotContractExecutor> for ContractExecutor {
+    fn from(value: AotContractExecutor) -> Self {
+        Self::Aot(value)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+impl From<EmuContractInfo> for ContractExecutor {
+    fn from(value: EmuContractInfo) -> Self {
+        Self::Emu(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ContractExecutor {
+    /// Run the contract entry point identified by `selector`.
+    ///
+    /// Dispatches to [`AotContractExecutor::run`] for the `Aot` variant and to a
+    /// [`sierra_emu::VirtualMachine`] for the `Emu` variant. The same `syscall_handler`
+    /// is reused across both paths; for the `Emu` variant it's wrapped in a
+    /// [`SierraEmuSyscallBridge`] so it satisfies the sierra-emu trait.
+    pub fn run<H: StarknetSyscallHandler>(
+        &self,
+        selector: Felt,
+        args: &[Felt],
+        gas: u64,
+        builtin_costs: Option<BuiltinCosts>,
+        #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "sierra-emu"), allow(unused_mut))] mut syscall_handler: H,
+    ) -> Result<ContractExecutionResult> {
+        match self {
+            ContractExecutor::Aot(aot) => aot.run(selector, args, gas, builtin_costs, syscall_handler),
+            #[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+            ContractExecutor::Emu(EmuContractInfo { program, entry_points, sierra_version }) => {
+                let mut virtual_machine = sierra_emu::VirtualMachine::new_starknet(
+                    Arc::clone(program),
+                    entry_points,
+                    *sierra_version,
+                );
+
+                let emu_builtin_costs = builtin_costs.map(convert_builtin_costs);
+
+                virtual_machine.call_contract(selector, gas, args.to_vec(), emu_builtin_costs);
+
+                let mut bridge = SierraEmuSyscallBridge(&mut syscall_handler);
+                let result = virtual_machine
+                    .run(&mut bridge)
+                    .expect("sierra-emu VM run failed");
+
+                Ok(ContractExecutionResult {
+                    remaining_gas: result.remaining_gas,
+                    failure_flag: result.failure_flag,
+                    return_values: result.return_values,
+                    error_msg: result.error_msg,
+                    builtin_stats: Default::default(),
+                })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "sierra-emu")]
+fn convert_builtin_costs(builtin_costs: BuiltinCosts) -> sierra_emu::BuiltinCosts {
+    sierra_emu::BuiltinCosts {
+        r#const: builtin_costs.r#const,
+        pedersen: builtin_costs.pedersen,
+        bitwise: builtin_costs.bitwise,
+        ecop: builtin_costs.ecop,
+        poseidon: builtin_costs.poseidon,
+        add_mod: builtin_costs.add_mod,
+        mul_mod: builtin_costs.mul_mod,
+        blake: builtin_costs.blake,
+    }
+}