diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6fff4e6b..f49a0556 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,19 +21,20 @@ cirrus-ci = { repository = "jonhoo/inferno" }
 codecov = { repository = "jonhoo/inferno", branch = "master", service = "github" }
 
 [features]
-default = ["cli"]
+default = ["cli", "multithreaded"]
 cli = ["structopt", "env_logger"]
+multithreaded = ["chashmap", "crossbeam", "num_cpus"]
 
 [dependencies]
-chashmap = "2.2"
-crossbeam = "0.7"
+chashmap = { version = "2.2", optional = true }
+crossbeam = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 env_logger = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 fnv = "1.0.3"
 indexmap = "1.0"
 itoa = "0.4.3"
 lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 log = "0.4"
-num_cpus = "1.10"
+num_cpus = { version = "1.10", optional = true }
 num-format = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 quick-xml = { version = "0.16", default-features = false }
 rgb = "0.8.13"
diff --git a/src/collapse/common.rs b/src/collapse/common.rs
index ada5c994..515d49da 100644
--- a/src/collapse/common.rs
+++ b/src/collapse/common.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ use std::io;
 use std::mem;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
 use chashmap::CHashMap;
+#[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
 use crossbeam::channel;
+
 use fnv::FnvHashMap;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
@@ -26,11 +29,18 @@ const NBYTES_PER_STACK_GUESS: usize = 1024;
 
 const RUST_HASH_LENGTH: usize = 17;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
 lazy_static! {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     pub static ref DEFAULT_NTHREADS: usize = num_cpus::get();
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "multithreaded"))]
+lazy_static! {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    pub static ref DEFAULT_NTHREADS: usize = 1;
+}
+
 /// Private trait for internal library authors.
 ///
 /// If you implement this trait, your type will implement the public-facing
@@ -154,6 +164,19 @@ pub trait CollapsePrivate: Send + Sized {
         occurrences.write_and_clear(writer)
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "multithreaded"))]
+    fn collapse_multi_threaded<R>(
+        &mut self,
+        _: R,
+        _: &mut Occurrences,
+    ) -> io::Result<()>
+    where
+        R: io::BufRead,
+    {
+        unimplemented!();
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
     fn collapse_multi_threaded<R>(
         &mut self,
         mut reader: R,
@@ -332,25 +355,42 @@ pub trait CollapsePrivate: Send + Sized {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Occurrences {
     SingleThreaded(FnvHashMap<String, usize>),
+    #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
     MultiThreaded(Arc<CHashMap<String, usize>>),
 }
 
 impl Occurrences {
+    #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
     pub(crate) fn new(nthreads: usize) -> Self {
         assert_ne!(nthreads, 0);
         if nthreads == 1 {
-            let map = FnvHashMap::with_capacity_and_hasher(
-                CAPACITY_HASHMAP,
-                fnv::FnvBuildHasher::default(),
-            );
-            Occurrences::SingleThreaded(map)
+            Self::new_single_threaded()
         } else {
-            let map = CHashMap::with_capacity(CAPACITY_HASHMAP);
-            let arc = Arc::new(map);
-            Occurrences::MultiThreaded(arc)
+            Self::new_multi_threaded()
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "multithreaded"))]
+    pub(crate) fn new(nthreads: usize) -> Self {
+        assert_ne!(nthreads, 0);
+        Self::new_single_threaded()
+    }
+
+    fn new_single_threaded() -> Self {
+        let map = FnvHashMap::with_capacity_and_hasher(
+            CAPACITY_HASHMAP,
+            fnv::FnvBuildHasher::default(),
+        );
+        Occurrences::SingleThreaded(map)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
+    fn new_multi_threaded() -> Self {
+        let map = CHashMap::with_capacity(CAPACITY_HASHMAP);
+        let arc = Arc::new(map);
+        Occurrences::MultiThreaded(arc)
+    }
+
     /// Inserts a key-count pair into the map. If the map did not have this key
     /// present, `None` is returned. If the map did have this key present, the
     /// value is updated, and the old value is returned.
@@ -358,6 +398,7 @@ impl Occurrences {
         use self::Occurrences::*;
         match self {
             SingleThreaded(map) => map.insert(key, count),
+            #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
             MultiThreaded(arc) => arc.insert(key, count),
         }
     }
@@ -369,6 +410,7 @@ impl Occurrences {
         use self::Occurrences::*;
         match self {
             SingleThreaded(map) => *map.entry(key).or_insert(0) += count,
+            #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
             MultiThreaded(arc) => arc.upsert(key, || count, |v| *v += count),
         }
     }
@@ -377,6 +419,7 @@ impl Occurrences {
         use self::Occurrences::*;
         match self {
             SingleThreaded(_) => false,
+            #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
             MultiThreaded(_) => true,
         }
     }
@@ -394,6 +437,7 @@ impl Occurrences {
                     writeln!(writer, "{} {}", key, value)?;
                 }
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "multithreaded")]
             MultiThreaded(ref mut arc) => {
                 let map = match Arc::get_mut(arc) {
                     Some(map) => map,