diff --git a/.changes/runner-config.md b/.changes/runner-config.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c810ccfbba87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/runner-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri-cli': 'patch:bug'
+'@tauri-apps/cli': 'patch:bug'
+---
+
+Fixed an issue causing the `build.runner` and `build.features` configs to not take effect.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
index b3e5bf692c14..d8fc8d162f5d 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/build.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ pub fn command(mut options: Options, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
 
   let mut interface = AppInterface::new(config_, options.target.clone())?;
   let app_settings = interface.app_settings();
-  let interface_options = options.clone().into();
 
   if let Some(before_build) = config_.build.before_build_command.clone() {
     run_hook(
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ pub fn command(mut options: Options, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
     .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
     .extend(config_.build.features.clone().unwrap_or_default());
 
+  let interface_options = options.clone().into();
   let bin_path = app_settings.app_binary_path(&interface_options)?;
   let out_dir = bin_path.parent().unwrap();