diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4888739..84e93bd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cargo_toml = "0.11.4"
 clap = { version = "3.2.12", features = ["derive"] }
 crates_io_api = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls"] }
 dirs = "4.0.0"
-flate2 = { version = "1.0.24", features = ["zlib-ng"], default-features = false }
+flate2 = { version = "1.0.24", default-features = false }
 fs4 = "0.6.2"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false }
 home = "0.5.3"
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ zstd = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 guess_host_triple = "0.1.3"
 
 [features]
-default = ["static"]
+default = ["static", "zlib-ng"]
 mimalloc = ["dep:mimalloc"]
 static = ["bzip2/static", "xz2/static"]
 pkg-config = ["zstd/pkg-config"]
+zlib-ng = ["flate2/zlib-ng"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.9.0"