diff --git a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
index 42c691b76..16c142126 100644
--- a/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-rpc-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ futures-lite = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-std"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-std", "signal"] }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 yerpc = { workspace = true, features = ["anyhow_expose", "openrpc"] }