diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2191269f..4319c006a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,14 +40,15 @@ default-target = "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
 cargo-args = ["-Zunstable-options", "-Zrustdoc-scrape-examples"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["x11"]
+default = ["x11", "taffy"]
 
 x11 = ["glazier/x11"]
 wayland = ["glazier/wayland"]
+taffy = ["dep:taffy"]
 
 [dependencies]
 xilem_core.workspace = true
-taffy = { git = "https://github.com/DioxusLabs/taffy", rev = "7781c70241f7f572130c13106f2a869a9cf80885" }
+taffy = { git = "https://github.com/DioxusLabs/taffy", rev = "7781c70241f7f572130c13106f2a869a9cf80885", optional = true }
 vello = { git = "https://github.com/linebender/vello", rev = "9d7c4f00d8db420337706771a37937e9025e089c" }
 wgpu = "0.17.0"
 parley = { git = "https://github.com/dfrg/parley", rev = "2371bf4b702ec91edee2d58ffb2d432539580e1e" }
diff --git a/src/view/mod.rs b/src/view/mod.rs
index da5277265..328056ad6 100644
--- a/src/view/mod.rs
+++ b/src/view/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mod text;
 // mod use_state;
 mod linear_layout;
 mod list;
-mod taffy_layout;
+
 #[allow(clippy::module_inception)]
 mod view;
 
@@ -30,5 +30,9 @@ pub use xilem_core::{Id, IdPath, VecSplice};
 pub use button::button;
 pub use linear_layout::{h_stack, v_stack, LinearLayout};
 pub use list::{list, List};
-pub use taffy_layout::{div, flex_column, flex_row, TaffyLayout};
 pub use view::{Adapt, AdaptState, Cx, Memoize, View, ViewMarker, ViewSequence};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "taffy")]
+mod taffy_layout;
+#[cfg(feature = "taffy")]
+pub use taffy_layout::{div, flex_column, flex_row, TaffyLayout};
diff --git a/src/widget/mod.rs b/src/widget/mod.rs
index 9ed209006..1dee87cda 100644
--- a/src/widget/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widget/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ mod core;
 mod linear_layout;
 mod piet_scene_helpers;
 mod raw_event;
-mod taffy_layout;
+
 //mod scroll_view;
 mod text;
 #[allow(clippy::module_inception)]
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ pub use button::Button;
 pub use contexts::{AccessCx, CxState, EventCx, LayoutCx, LifeCycleCx, PaintCx, UpdateCx};
 pub use linear_layout::LinearLayout;
 pub use raw_event::{Event, LifeCycle, MouseEvent, ViewContext};
-pub use taffy_layout::TaffyLayout;
+
 pub use text::TextWidget;
 pub use widget::{AnyWidget, Widget};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "taffy")]
+mod taffy_layout;
+#[cfg(feature = "taffy")]
+pub use taffy_layout::TaffyLayout;