diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f1c5f8674b..70fea07ffc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ paste = "1"
 
 [features]
 unstable = []
-default = ["ssh", "https", "ssh_key_from_memory"]
+default = ["ssh", "https", "ssh_key_from_memory", "vendored-libgit2"]
 ssh = ["libgit2-sys/ssh"]
 https = ["libgit2-sys/https", "openssl-sys", "openssl-probe"]
 vendored-libgit2 = ["libgit2-sys/vendored"]