diff --git a/sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/Cargo.toml
index 61dbbdccfa2955..469da041a07b74 100644
--- a/sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ full = [
     "solana-pubkey/rand",
     "dep:solana-precompile-error",
     "dep:solana-presigner",
+    "dep:solana-quic-definitions",
     "dep:solana-seed-derivable",
     "dep:solana-seed-phrase",
     "dep:solana-transaction-error"
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ solana-presigner = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 solana-program = { workspace = true }
 solana-program-memory = { workspace = true }
 solana-pubkey = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-solana-quic-definitions = { workspace = true }
+solana-quic-definitions = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 solana-sanitize = { workspace = true }
 solana-sdk-macro = { workspace = true }
 solana-secp256k1-recover = { workspace = true }