diff --git a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
index efadac80cf14..61b887f042d5 100644
--- a/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ reth-storage-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-tokio-util.workspace = true
 reth-consensus.workspace = true
-reth-network-peers.workspace = true
+reth-network-peers = { workspace = true, features = ["net"] }
 reth-network-types.workspace = true
 
 # ethereum
diff --git a/crates/net/peers/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/peers/Cargo.toml
index 6b107432632e..5ac24edea759 100644
--- a/crates/net/peers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/peers/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,13 +25,15 @@ secp256k1 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde_with.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
-tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 rand.workspace = true
 secp256k1 = { workspace = true, features = ["rand"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["net", "macros", "rt"] }
 
 [features]
 secp256k1 = ["dep:secp256k1", "enr/secp256k1"]
+net = ["dep:tokio", "tokio?/net"]
diff --git a/crates/net/peers/src/lib.rs b/crates/net/peers/src/lib.rs
index b58f499abf3a..e80331f90468 100644
--- a/crates/net/peers/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/net/peers/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 //! - [`TrustedPeer`]: A [`NodeRecord`] with an optional domain name, which can be resolved to a
 //!   [`NodeRecord`]. Useful for adding trusted peers at startup, whose IP address may not be
 //!   static.
+//!
+//!
+//! ## Feature Flags
+//!
+//! - `net`: Support for address lookups.
 
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
diff --git a/crates/net/peers/src/trusted_peer.rs b/crates/net/peers/src/trusted_peer.rs
index b52c98232f5c..aa7e0a015336 100644
--- a/crates/net/peers/src/trusted_peer.rs
+++ b/crates/net/peers/src/trusted_peer.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ impl TrustedPeer {
     }
 
     /// Resolves the host in a [`TrustedPeer`] to an IP address, returning a [`NodeRecord`].
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "net"))]
     pub async fn resolve(&self) -> Result<NodeRecord, Error> {
         let domain = match self.try_node_record() {
             Ok(record) => return Ok(record),