diff --git a/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml b/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
index 5242f74c1..95d4382c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deltachat-rpc-server.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: rustup target add ${{ matrix.target }}
 
       - name: Build
-        run: cargo build --release --package deltachat-rpc-server --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+        run: cargo build --release --package deltachat-rpc-server --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features vendored
 
       - name: Upload binary
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 619841fc9..1722198cd 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.91"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["io-std"] }
 yerpc = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["anyhow_expose"] }
+
+[features]
+default = ["vendored"]
+vendored = ["deltachat/vendored"]