diff --git a/app-misc/skim/skim-0.16.1.ebuild b/app-misc/skim/skim-0.16.1.ebuild
index 855885cfd55a6..e0ada217b5a6d 100644
--- a/app-misc/skim/skim-0.16.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/skim/skim-0.16.1.ebuild
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ CRATES="
 	zerocopy@0.8.14
 "
 
-inherit cargo shell-completion
+inherit cargo optfeature shell-completion
 
 DESCRIPTION="Command-line fuzzy finder"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/skim-rs/skim"