diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5e24616f6e..60fb69a576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ jobs:
           CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL: sparse
           ASYNC_STD_THREAD_COUNT: 4
 
+      - name: Check for feature leaks
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: nextest
+          args: run -p zenohd --no-default-features
+
       - name: Run doctests
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         with:
diff --git a/zenohd/Cargo.toml b/zenohd/Cargo.toml
index b28a28331b..754198dc73 100644
--- a/zenohd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenohd/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [features]
+default = ["zenoh/default"]
 shared-memory = ["zenoh/shared-memory"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ git-version = { workspace = true }
 json5 = { workspace = true }
 lazy_static = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-zenoh = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["unstable"] }
+zenoh = { workspace = true, features = ["unstable"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
diff --git a/zenohd/src/main.rs b/zenohd/src/main.rs
index eef8432775..cc28234e74 100644
--- a/zenohd/src/main.rs
+++ b/zenohd/src/main.rs
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ fn config_from_args(args: &ArgMatches) -> Config {
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "default")]
 fn test_default_features() {
     assert_eq!(zenoh::FEATURES, concat!(
         " zenoh/auth_pubkey",
@@ -328,4 +329,27 @@ fn test_default_features() {
         " zenoh/unstable",
         " zenoh/default",
     ));      
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "default"))]
+fn test_no_default_features() {
+    assert_eq!(zenoh::FEATURES, concat!(
+        // " zenoh/auth_pubkey",
+        // " zenoh/auth_usrpwd",
+        // " zenoh/complete_n",
+        // " zenoh/shared-memory",
+        // " zenoh/stats",
+        // " zenoh/transport_multilink",
+        // " zenoh/transport_quic",
+        // " zenoh/transport_serial",
+        // " zenoh/transport_unixpipe",
+        // " zenoh/transport_tcp",
+        // " zenoh/transport_tls",
+        // " zenoh/transport_udp",
+        // " zenoh/transport_unixsock-stream",
+        // " zenoh/transport_ws",
+        " zenoh/unstable",
+        // " zenoh/default",
+    ));      
 }
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