diff --git a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
index 189c592f8..b6df1f474 100644
--- a/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-repl/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 rusqlite = "0.27"
 rustyline = "10"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+
+[features]
+default = ["vendored"]
+vendored = ["deltachat/vendored"]