diff --git a/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml b/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
index a5fa62850..4c012f834 100644
--- a/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hyperqueue/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ crossterm = { version = "0.29", features = ["event-stream"], optional = true }
 unicode-width = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 # Tako
-tako = { path = "../tako" }
+tako = { path = "../tako", default-features = false }
 
 # Optional dependencies
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml b/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
index e52cb7eec..6924cf035 100644
--- a/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pyhq/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 hyperqueue = { path = "../hyperqueue", default-features = false, features = ["jemalloc"] }
-tako = { path = "../tako" }
+tako = { path = "../tako", default-features = false }
 
 serde = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/tako/Cargo.toml b/crates/tako/Cargo.toml
index 1c618bb06..b09908f00 100644
--- a/crates/tako/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tako/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = []
+# The default feature is set for convenience, so that tako can be compiled without specifying
+# any features. It also helps with IDE integration.
+default = ["highs"]
 highs = ["dep:highs"]
 microlp = ["dep:microlp"]