diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cffa5409ad..725baeccd7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ iced_core = { version = "0.5", path = "core" }
 iced_futures = { version = "0.4", path = "futures" }
 iced_native = { version = "0.5", path = "native" }
 iced_graphics = { version = "0.3", path = "graphics" }
-iced_winit = { version = "0.4", path = "winit" }
+iced_winit = { version = "0.4", path = "winit", features = ["application"] }
 iced_glutin = { version = "0.3", path = "glutin", optional = true }
 iced_glow = { version = "0.3", path = "glow", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/winit/Cargo.toml b/winit/Cargo.toml
index f66b92fa1c..d3ed949fe0 100644
--- a/winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ categories = ["gui"]
 [features]
 debug = ["iced_native/debug"]
 system = ["sysinfo"]
+application = []
 
 [dependencies]
 window_clipboard = "0.2"
diff --git a/winit/src/lib.rs b/winit/src/lib.rs
index e32cc9af3d..edba887b22 100644
--- a/winit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/winit/src/lib.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 pub use iced_native::*;
 pub use winit;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "application")]
 pub mod application;
 pub mod clipboard;
 pub mod conversion;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ mod error;
 mod position;
 mod proxy;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "application")]
 pub use application::Application;
 pub use clipboard::Clipboard;
 pub use error::Error;