diff --git a/candle-examples/Cargo.toml b/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
index 3cd2980e..a71ca17b 100644
--- a/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/candle-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
-candle = { path = "../candle-core" }
+candle = { path = "../candle-core", default-features=false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = { version = "1", features = ["backtrace"] }
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.2.4", features = ["derive"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 tokenizers = { version = "0.13.3", default-features=false, features=["onig"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.28.2", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+
+[features]
+default = ["cuda"]
+cuda = ["candle/cuda"]