diff --git a/crates/bevy_wgpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 4501ced9d9c9e..1d93e7eca87c6 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ bevy_winit = { path = "../bevy_winit", optional = true, version = "0.5.0" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.5.0" }
 
 # other
-wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs" }
+wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs", features = ["cross"] }
 futures-lite = "1.4.0"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8.1"