diff --git a/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml b/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml
index 19ad9c56c27fb004467fb1e28323123cde000c6d..9fecabaf00df6d240cb6e2d8dc30e75cad3a6199 100644
--- a/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ xmpp-parsers = "0.16"
 futures = "0.1"
 tokio = "0.1"
 log = "0.4"
+
+[features]
+default = ["avatars"]
+avatars = []