diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b6a3104..e6435c9f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ variables:
 .test:
   stage: test
   script:
-    - cargo test --verbose
+    - cargo test --verbose --release -- --include-ignored
+    - cargo test --verbose --no-default-features
 
 rustfmt:
   stage: lint
diff --git a/xmpp/Cargo.toml b/xmpp/Cargo.toml
index a0221516..676fc368 100644
--- a/xmpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xmpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.10"
 
+[[example]]
+name = "hello_bot"
+required-features = ["avatar"]
+
 [features]
 default = ["avatars"]
 avatars = []
diff --git a/xmpp/src/lib.rs b/xmpp/src/lib.rs
index f5528ad4..956d850d 100644
--- a/xmpp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/xmpp/src/lib.rs
@@ -576,9 +576,11 @@ mod tests {
             .set_client(ClientType::Bot, "xmpp-rs")
             .set_website("https://gitlab.com/xmpp-rs/xmpp-rs")
             .set_default_nick("bot")
-            .enable_feature(ClientFeature::Avatars)
             .enable_feature(ClientFeature::ContactList);
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "avatars")]
+        let client_builder = client_builder.enable_feature(ClientFeature::Avatars);
+
         let mut agent: Agent = client_builder.build_impl(client);
 
         while let Some(events) = agent.wait_for_events().await {