diff --git a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
index b29b4e5025..8fba2a302c 100644
--- a/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/zed/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ lsp_log = { path = "../lsp_log" }
 node_runtime = { path = "../node_runtime" }
 ai = { path = "../ai" }
 outline = { path = "../outline" }
-plugin_runtime = { path = "../plugin_runtime" }
+plugin_runtime = { path = "../plugin_runtime",optional = true }
 project = { path = "../project" }
 project_panel = { path = "../project_panel" }
 project_symbols = { path = "../project_symbols" }
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/languages.rs b/crates/zed/src/languages.rs
index 3ae564d13b..a27bc781b9 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/languages.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/languages.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod elixir;
 mod go;
 mod html;
 mod json;
+#[cfg(feature = "plugin_runtime")]
 mod language_plugin;
 mod lua;
 mod python;