diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff562a8..6be4001 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ thiserror = "1.0.31"
 serde_json = "1.0.81"
 serde_derive = "1.0.137"
 serde = "1.0.137"
-include_dir = "0.7.2"
-itertools = "0.10.3"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+include_dir = { version = "0.7.2", optional = true }
+itertools = { version = "0.10.3", optional = true }
+lazy_static = { version = "1.4.0", optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = ["include-data"]
+include-data = ["include_dir", "itertools", "lazy_static"]
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c556095..bdace3a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ This repository is a rust library to access minecraft data.
 The data itself hosted in the [minecraft-data](https://github.com/PrismarineJS/minecraft-data) repository
 and included into the library at compile time.
 
+
+### Excluding the minecraft-data at compile time
+By adding `default-features=false` to the dependency in your `Cargo.toml` file, you can exclude the minecraft-data from the library.
+
+
 ## Usage
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 10bc226..4fa7420 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 extern crate serde_derive;
 
 /// Provides data access methods
+#[cfg(feature="include-data")]
 pub mod api;
+#[cfg(feature="include-data")]
 pub(crate) mod data;
 /// Contains the type definitions for the data
 pub mod models;
 pub(crate) mod utils;
 
+#[cfg(feature="include-data")]
 pub use api::Api;
 pub use utils::error::DataError;
 pub use utils::error::DataResult;