diff --git a/opentelemetry-contrib/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-contrib/Cargo.toml
index e874363491..dc4beb2cba 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-contrib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-contrib/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 default = []
 datadog = ["indexmap", "rmp", "async-trait"]
 reqwest-blocking-client = ["reqwest/blocking", "opentelemetry/reqwest"]
-reqwest-client = ["opentelemetry/reqwest"]
+reqwest-client = ["reqwest", "opentelemetry/reqwest"]
 surf-client = ["opentelemetry/surf"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
index 096a3afb05..a0c15edc46 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 [features]
 default = ["reqwest-blocking-client"]
 reqwest-blocking-client = ["reqwest/blocking", "opentelemetry/reqwest"]
-reqwest-client = ["opentelemetry/reqwest"]
+reqwest-client = ["reqwest", "opentelemetry/reqwest"]
 surf-client = ["opentelemetry/surf"]
 
 [dependencies]