diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 6d4e8e5ddca..61fb36f7955 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo check --locked --no-default-features --lib --all-targets -p epaint
 
       - name: check eframe --no-default-features
-        run: cargo check --locked --no-default-features --lib --all-targets -p eframe
+        run: cargo check --locked --no-default-features --features x11 --lib --all-targets -p eframe
 
       - name: Test doc-tests
         run: cargo test --doc --all-features
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index 87ad0a2d760..81b36d82a26 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "wasm32-unknown-unknown"]
 
 
 [features]
-default = ["accesskit", "default_fonts", "glow"]
+default = [
+  "accesskit",
+  "default_fonts",
+  "glow",
+  "wayland",
+  "winit/default",
+  "x11",
+]
 
 ## Enable platform accessibility API implementations through [AccessKit](https://accesskit.dev/).
 accesskit = ["egui/accesskit", "egui-winit/accesskit"]
@@ -42,6 +49,9 @@ glow = ["dep:glow", "dep:egui_glow", "dep:glutin", "dep:glutin-winit"]
 ## Enables wayland support and fixes clipboard issue.
 wayland = ["egui-winit/wayland"]
 
+## Enables compiling for x11.
+x11 = ["egui-winit/x11"]
+
 ## Enable saving app state to disk.
 persistence = [
   "directories-next",
@@ -109,7 +119,7 @@ image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = [
   "png",
 ] } # Needed for app icon
 raw-window-handle = { version = "0.5.0" }
-winit = "0.28.1"
+winit = { version = "0.28.1", default-features = false }
 
 # optional native:
 directories-next = { version = "2", optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 7fc095b2d44..d1812dcb05a 100644
--- a/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ wgpu = "0.16.0"
 ## Enable this when generating docs.
 document-features = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
-winit = { version = "0.28", optional = true }
+winit = { version = "0.28", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # Native:
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
index bf3f128f3e3..27a456da964 100644
--- a/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui-winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ all-features = true
 
 
 [features]
-default = ["clipboard", "links", "wayland", "winit/default"]
+default = ["clipboard", "links", "wayland", "winit/default", "x11"]
 
 ## Enable platform accessibility API implementations through [AccessKit](https://accesskit.dev/).
 accesskit = ["accesskit_winit", "egui/accesskit"]
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ serde = ["egui/serde", "dep:serde"]
 ## Enables Wayland support.
 wayland = ["winit/wayland"]
 
+## Enables compiling for x11.
+x11 = ["winit/x11"]
+
 # Allow crates to choose an android-activity backend via Winit
 # - It's important that most applications should not have to depend on android-activity directly, and can
 #   rely on Winit to pull in a suitable version (unlike most Rust crates, any version conflicts won't link)