diff --git a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
index 39902421..1d1ff329 100644
--- a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ io-uring = ["tokio-uring"]
 actix-macros = { version = "0.2.3", optional = true }
 
 futures-core = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
-tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["rt", "net", "parking_lot", "signal", "sync", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.44.2", features = ["rt", "io-util", "net", "parking_lot", "signal", "sync", "time"] }
 
 # runtime for `io-uring` feature
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]