diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/Cargo.toml b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/Cargo.toml
index 3fb05cc0f..f9ad9af01 100644
--- a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,16 +13,24 @@ exclude = [
     "*.iml"
 ]
 
+[features]
+default = ["datetime", "xml", "plugins", "multipart", "junit"]
+datetime = ["pact_models/datetime", "pact_verifier/datetime"] # Support for date/time matchers and expressions
+xml = ["pact_models/xml", "pact_verifier/xml"] # support for matching XML documents
+plugins = ["pact_verifier/plugins"]
+multipart = ["pact_verifier/multipart"] # suport for MIME multipart bodies
+junit = ["dep:junit-report"] # suport for MIME multipart bodies
+
 [dependencies]
 ansi_term = "0.12.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.70"
 clap = { version = "4.2.1", features = ["cargo", "env"] }
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
-junit-report = "0.8.2"
+junit-report = { version = "0.8.2", optional = true }
 log = "0.4.17"
 maplit = "1.0.2"
-pact_models = "~1.1.8"
-pact_verifier = { version = "~1.0.1", path = "../pact_verifier" }
+pact_models = { version = "~1.1.8", default-features = false }
+pact_verifier = { version = "~1.0.1", path = "../pact_verifier", default-features = false }
 regex = "1.7.3"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.16", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-native-roots", "blocking", "json"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.95"
diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/args.rs b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/args.rs
index a17bc160f..5961f85cb 100644
--- a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/args.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub(crate) fn setup_app() -> Command {
       .long("junit")
       .action(ArgAction::Set)
       .value_parser(NonEmptyStringValueParser::new())
-      .help("Generate a JUnit XML report of the verification"))
+      .help("Generate a JUnit XML report of the verification (requires the junit feature)"))
     .arg(Arg::new("no-colour")
       .long("no-colour")
       .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/main.rs b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/main.rs
index accad4266..5be9ca889 100644
--- a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -400,11 +400,15 @@ async fn handle_matches(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), i32> {
         }
       }
 
-      if let Some(junit_file) = matches.get_one::<String>("junit-file") {
-        if let Err(err) = reports::write_junit_report(&result, junit_file.as_str(), &provider_name) {
-          error!("Failed to write JUnit report to '{junit_file}' - {err}");
+      if let Some(_junit_file) = matches.get_one::<String>("junit-file") {
+        #[cfg(feature = "junit")]
+        if let Err(err) = reports::write_junit_report(&result, _junit_file.as_str(), &provider_name) {
+          error!("Failed to write JUnit report to '{_junit_file}' - {err}");
           return Err(2)
         }
+
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "junit"))]
+        warn!("junit feature is not enabled, ignoring junit-file option");
       }
 
       if result.result { Ok(()) } else { Err(1) }
diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/reports.rs b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/reports.rs
index d0c2e797b..a66ab99d4 100644
--- a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/reports.rs
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/src/reports.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 
-use junit_report::{ReportBuilder, TestCaseBuilder, TestSuiteBuilder};
+#[cfg(feature = "junit")] use junit_report::{ReportBuilder, TestCaseBuilder, TestSuiteBuilder};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use tracing::debug;
 
-use pact_verifier::{interaction_mismatch_output, MismatchResult};
+#[cfg(feature = "junit")] use pact_verifier::{interaction_mismatch_output, MismatchResult};
 use pact_verifier::verification_result::VerificationExecutionResult;
 
 pub(crate) fn write_json_report(result: &VerificationExecutionResult, file_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) fn write_json_report(result: &VerificationExecutionResult, file_name:
   Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "junit")]
 pub(crate) fn write_junit_report(result: &VerificationExecutionResult, file_name: &str, provider: &String) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
   debug!("Writing JUnit result of the verification to '{file_name}'");
   let mut f = File::create(file_name)?;
diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/tests/cmd/main.stderr b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/tests/cmd/main.stderr
index ec903100c..0003daf69 100644
--- a/rust/pact_verifier_cli/tests/cmd/main.stderr
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier_cli/tests/cmd/main.stderr
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Logging options:
       --full-log             This emits human-readable, single-line logs for each event that occurs, with the current span context displayed before the formatted representation of the event.
       --compact-log          Emit logs optimized for short line lengths.
   -j, --json <json-file>     Generate a JSON report of the verification
-  -x, --junit <junit-file>   Generate a JUnit XML report of the verification
+  -x, --junit <junit-file>   Generate a JUnit XML report of the verification (requires the junit feature)
       --no-colour            Disables ANSI escape codes in the output [aliases: no-color]
 
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