diff --git a/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml b/xmpp-rs/Cargo.toml
index 19ad9c56..9fecabaf 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 = []