diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-backend-example/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-backend-example/Cargo.toml
index f230cc73f1..445483c9aa 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-backend-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-backend-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 publish = false
 
 [features]
-default = ["no_mangle"]
+default = ["no_mangle", "zenoh/default"]
 no_mangle = []
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-example/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-example/Cargo.toml
index 3f65cb9839..441c796507 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 publish = false
 
 [features]
-default = ["no_mangle"]
+default = ["no_mangle", "zenoh/default"]
 no_mangle = []
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
index 1824548826..a797ab0c59 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ categories = ["network-programming", "web-programming::http-server"]
 description = "The zenoh REST plugin"
 
 [features]
-default = ["no_mangle"]
+default = ["no_mangle", "zenoh/default"]
 no_mangle = []
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager/Cargo.toml
index afb8b066e8..65b15686f7 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-storage-manager/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ categories = { workspace = true }
 description = "The zenoh storages plugin."
 
 [features]
-default = ["no_mangle"]
+default = ["no_mangle", "zenoh/default"]
 no_mangle = []
 
 [lib]