diff --git a/lact-daemon/Cargo.toml b/lact-daemon/Cargo.toml
index 33762863..0b47e88c 100644
--- a/lact-daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lact-daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["nvidia"]
 bench = ["dep:divan"]
+nvidia = []
 
 [dependencies]
 lact-schema = { path = "../lact-schema" }
diff --git a/lact-daemon/build.rs b/lact-daemon/build.rs
index 566f12ae..f27e6d21 100644
--- a/lact-daemon/build.rs
+++ b/lact-daemon/build.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=include/");
 
     gen_intel_bindings();
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
     gen_nvidia_bindings();
+
     gen_vulkan_constants();
 }
 
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ fn gen_intel_bindings() {
         .expect("Couldn't write bindings!");
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
 fn gen_nvidia_bindings() {
     let out_path = PathBuf::from(env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
 
diff --git a/lact-daemon/src/bindings.rs b/lact-daemon/src/bindings.rs
index 758d3bee..81719878 100644
--- a/lact-daemon/src/bindings.rs
+++ b/lact-daemon/src/bindings.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub mod intel {
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/intel_bindings.rs"));
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
 pub mod nvidia {
     include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/nvidia_bindings.rs"));
 }
diff --git a/lact-daemon/src/server/gpu_controller.rs b/lact-daemon/src/server/gpu_controller.rs
index f9fbb74a..14b47c01 100644
--- a/lact-daemon/src/server/gpu_controller.rs
+++ b/lact-daemon/src/server/gpu_controller.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 mod amd;
 pub mod fan_control;
 mod intel;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
 mod nvidia;
 
 use amd::AmdGpuController;
 use intel::IntelGpuController;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
 use nvidia::NvidiaGpuController;
 
 pub const VENDOR_AMD: &str = "1002";
@@ -90,6 +94,9 @@ pub(crate) fn init_controller(
     amd_drm: &LazyCell<Option<LibDrmAmdgpu>>,
     intel_drm: &LazyCell<Option<Rc<IntelDrm>>>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<Box<dyn GpuController>> {
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "nvidia"))]
+    let _ = nvml;
+
     let uevent_path = path.join("uevent");
     let uevent = fs::read_to_string(uevent_path).context("Could not read 'uevent'")?;
     let mut uevent_map = parse_uevent(&uevent);
@@ -175,6 +182,7 @@ pub(crate) fn init_controller(
                 error!("Intel DRM library missing, Intel controls will not be available");
             }
         }
+        #[cfg(feature = "nvidia")]
         "nvidia" => {
             if let Some(nvml) = nvml.as_ref().cloned() {
                 match NvidiaGpuController::new(common.clone(), nvml) {
diff --git a/lact/Cargo.toml b/lact/Cargo.toml
index 227ff3f9..2a9c61fb 100644
--- a/lact/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lact/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-default = ["lact-gui"]
+default = ["lact-gui", "nvidia"]
 adw = ["lact-gui/adw"]
 flatpak = ["dep:configparser"]
+nvidia = ["lact-daemon/nvidia"]
 
 [dependencies]
-lact-daemon = { path = "../lact-daemon" }
+lact-daemon = { path = "../lact-daemon", default-features = false }
 lact-schema = { path = "../lact-schema", features = ["args"] }
 lact-cli = { path = "../lact-cli" }
 lact-gui = { path = "../lact-gui", optional = true }