diff --git a/light-client/Cargo.toml b/light-client/Cargo.toml
index 8683dc4b1..abb316415 100644
--- a/light-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/light-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["rpc-client"]
+default = ["rpc-client", "lightstore-sled"]
 rpc-client = ["tokio", "tendermint-rpc/http-client"]
 secp256k1 = ["tendermint/secp256k1", "tendermint-rpc/secp256k1"]
 lightstore-sled = ["sled"]