diff --git a/zellij-server/Cargo.toml b/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
index d2851afc..ad3fd2c1 100644
--- a/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zellij-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ features = [
   'runtime',
   'component-model',
   'std',
+  'gc',
 ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]