diff --git a/ella-cli/Cargo.toml b/ella-cli/Cargo.toml
index 1acbebb..7c0850a 100644
--- a/ella-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ella-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ mimalloc = { workspace = true }
 clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive"] }
 dialoguer = { version = "0.10.4", features = ["history"] }
 shlex = "1.1.0"
+
+[features]
+default = ["protobuf"]
+protobuf = ["ella/protobuf"]