diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0335a8a..e5a16d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fontdb = "0.15.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
 mime_guess = "2"
-rfd = "0.12.0"
+rfd = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["serde_derive"] }
 syntect = "5.1.0"
 two-face = "0.3.0"
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ default-features = false
 features = ["winit", "wgpu"]
 #path = "../libcosmic"
 
+[features]
+default = ["rfd"]
+
 [patch.crates-io]
 smithay-client-toolkit = { git = "https://github.com/pop-os/client-toolkit", branch = "wayland-resize" }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0db84d1..2fac6a8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ impl Application for App {
                 }
             }
             Message::OpenFileDialog => {
+                #[cfg(feature = "rfd")]
                 return Command::perform(
                     async {
                         if let Some(handle) = rfd::AsyncFileDialog::new().pick_file().await {
@@ -693,6 +694,7 @@ impl Application for App {
                 return self.update_tab();
             }
             Message::OpenProjectDialog => {
+                #[cfg(feature = "rfd")]
                 return Command::perform(
                     async {
                         if let Some(handle) = rfd::AsyncFileDialog::new().pick_folder().await {
@@ -736,6 +738,7 @@ impl Application for App {
 
                 match self.active_tab_mut() {
                     Some(tab) => {
+                        #[cfg(feature = "rfd")]
                         if tab.path_opt.is_none() {
                             //TODO: use async file dialog
                             tab.path_opt = rfd::FileDialog::new().save_file();