diff --git a/modeling-cmds/Cargo.toml b/modeling-cmds/Cargo.toml
index 2661d32b..c0f64ba5 100644
--- a/modeling-cmds/Cargo.toml
+++ b/modeling-cmds/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.31"
-cxx = "1.0"
+cxx = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 data-encoding = "2.5.0"
 diesel = { version = "2.1.1", features = ["serde_json", "mysql", "chrono", "r2d2", "uuid", "numeric"] }
 diesel_derives = "2.1.2"
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@ uuid = { version = "1.6.1", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
+
+[features]
+default = []
+cxx = ["dep:cxx"]
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