diff --git a/jormungandr/Cargo.toml b/jormungandr/Cargo.toml
index a2e26ef4d5..94a97ff46d 100644
--- a/jormungandr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jormungandr/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ libc = "0.2.124"
 nix = "0.23.0"
 
 [features]
-default = ["codegen-rustfmt"]
+default = ["codegen-rustfmt","prometheus-metrics"]
 with-bench = []
 codegen-rustfmt = ["chain-network/codegen-rustfmt"]
 integration-test = []