diff --git a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
index bb10b2e4..2af02c39 100644
--- a/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contrib/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
 # Internal use only.
-templates = ["serde", "serde_json", "glob"]
+templates = ["serde", "serde_json", "glob", "notify"]
 databases = ["r2d2", "rocket_contrib_codegen/database_attribute"]
 
 # User-facing features.
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ rmp-serde = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 handlebars = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 glob = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 tera = { version = "1.0.2", optional = true }
-notify = { version = "4.0.6" }
+notify = { version = "4.0.6", optional = true }
 
 # UUID dependencies.
 uuid = { version = ">=0.7.0, <0.9.0", optional = true }