diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0aab086b4..c0c579152 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ name = "limbo_core"
 path = "lib.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = ["fs", "json", "uuid"]
+default = ["fs", "json", "uuid", "io_uring"]
 fs = []
 json = [
     "dep:jsonb",
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ json = [
     "dep:pest_derive",
 ]
 uuid = ["dep:uuid"]
+io_uring = ["dep:io-uring"]
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
-io-uring = "0.6.1"
+io-uring = { version = "0.6.1", optional = true }
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
 polling = "3.7.2"
 rustix = "0.38.34"