diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 9ff3293f..69364966 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 bootc-utils = { path = "../utils" }
 bootc-blockdev = { path = "../blockdev" }
 camino = { workspace = true, features = ["serde1"] }
-ostree-ext = { path = "../ostree-ext" }
+ostree-ext = { path = "../ostree-ext", features = ["bootc"] }
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive","cargo"] }
 clap_mangen = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/ostree-ext/Cargo.toml b/ostree-ext/Cargo.toml
index f330b1de..a5da3a0a 100644
--- a/ostree-ext/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ostree-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ features = ["dox"]
 docgen = ["clap_mangen"]
 dox = ["ostree/dox"]
 internal-testing-api = ["xshell", "indoc", "similar-asserts"]
+# Enable calling back into bootc
+bootc = []
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs b/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
index dd5a4cad..aaadda78 100644
--- a/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
+++ b/ostree-ext/src/container/deploy.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ pub async fn deploy(
         // crates. We need an option to skip though so when the *main*
         // bootc install code calls this API, we don't do this as it
         // will have already been handled.
+        // Note also we do this under a feature gate to ensure rpm-ostree
+        // doesn't try to invoke this, as that won't work right now.
+        #[cfg(feature = "bootc")]
         if !options.skip_completion {
             // Note that the sysroot is provided as `.`  but we use cwd_dir to
             // make the process current working directory the sysroot.