diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e334c71fe..1c7085b03 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ time = "0.1"
 evmjit = { path = "rust-evmjit", optional = true }
 
 [features]
+default = ["jit"]
 jit = ["evmjit"]