diff --git a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
index 61d454b55..c8ff628de 100644
--- a/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-web-actors/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ allowed_external_types = [
 actix = { version = ">=0.12, <0.14", default-features = false }
 actix-codec = "0.5"
 actix-http = "3"
-actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false }
+actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["ws"] }
 
 bytes = "1"
 bytestring = "1"