diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9e1de018..a623e75c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rgb = "0.8.11"
 indexmap = { version = "1.3.2", features = ["rayon"] }
 libdeflater = "0.2.0"
 log = "0.4.8"
-stderrlog = "0.4.3"
+stderrlog = { version = "0.4.3", optional = true }
 
 [dependencies.rayon]
 optional = true
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ cloudflare-zlib = "^0.2.2"
 binary = [
     "clap",
     "wild",
+    "stderrlog",
 ]
 default = ["binary", "parallel"]
 parallel = ["rayon"]