diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1bbfbbd30..3fbcc7514 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2562,7 +2562,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-evm-ethereum",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
+ "reth-revm",
  "reth-stages",
+ "revm",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -7937,10 +7939,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-payload-builder",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
+ "reth-revm",
  "reth-rpc",
  "reth-tasks",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
+ "revm",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -8163,6 +8167,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-rpc-types-compat",
  "reth-tracing",
  "reth-transaction-pool",
+ "revm",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2068f02bb..f734fd44c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ reth-primitives-traits = { path = "crates/primitives-traits", default-features =
 reth-provider = { path = "crates/storage/provider" }
 reth-prune = { path = "crates/prune/prune" }
 reth-prune-types = { path = "crates/prune/types" }
-reth-revm = { path = "crates/revm" }
+reth-revm = { path = "crates/revm", default-features = false }
 reth-rpc = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc" }
 reth-rpc-api = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc-api" }
 reth-rpc-api-testing-util = { path = "crates/rpc/rpc-testing-util" }
@@ -412,8 +412,6 @@ reth-trie-parallel = { path = "crates/trie/parallel" }
 # revm
 revm = { version = "14.0.3", features = [
     "std",
-    "secp256k1",
-    "blst",
 ], default-features = false }
 revm-inspectors = "0.8.1"
 revm-primitives = { version = "10.0.0", features = [
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
index 8ea39f93d..cede8008b 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 //! EVM config for vanilla ethereum.
+//!
+//! # Revm features
+//!
+//! This crate does __not__ enforce specific revm features such as `blst` or `c-kzg`, which are
+//! critical for revm's evm internals, it is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure the
+//! proper features are selected.
 
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
index 145a96683..7a323f91d 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ reth-rpc.workspace = true
 reth-node-api.workspace = true
 reth-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+
+# revm with required ethereum features
+revm = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "blst", "c-kzg"] }
 
 # misc
 eyre.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs b/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
index 44ec6836c..37ebc33c2 100644
--- a/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ethereum/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
+use reth_revm as _;
+use revm as _;
+
 pub use reth_ethereum_engine_primitives::EthEngineTypes;
 
 pub mod evm;
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
index e0d45f04c..66026a07c 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 //! Traits for configuring an EVM specifics.
+//!
+//! # Revm features
+//!
+//! This crate does __not__ enforce specific revm features such as `blst` or `c-kzg`, which are
+//! critical for revm's evm internals, it is the responsibility of the implementer to ensure the
+//! proper features are selected.
 
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-docs.png",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
index 0902d7858..f9e038a3d 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-transaction-pool.workspace = true
 reth-network.workspace = true
 reth-evm.workspace = true
-reth-revm.workspace = true
+reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 reth-beacon-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-discv5.workspace = true
 reth-rpc-eth-types.workspace = true
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ reth-optimism-chainspec.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-consensus.workspace = true
 reth-optimism-forks.workspace = true
 
+# revm with required optimism features
+revm = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "blst", "c-kzg"] }
+
 # ethereum
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ optimism = [
     "reth-optimism-payload-builder/optimism",
     "reth-beacon-consensus/optimism",
     "reth-revm/optimism",
+    "revm/optimism",
     "reth-auto-seal-consensus/optimism",
     "reth-optimism-rpc/optimism",
     "reth-engine-local/optimism",
diff --git a/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml b/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
index ca23ffcce..df68f5154 100644
--- a/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/testing/ef-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ reth-db-api.workspace = true
 reth-provider = { workspace = true, features = ["test-utils"] }
 reth-stages.workspace = true
 reth-evm-ethereum.workspace = true
+reth-revm = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
+
+revm = { workspace = true, features = ["secp256k1", "blst", "c-kzg"] }
 
 alloy-rlp.workspace = true
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
diff --git a/testing/ef-tests/src/lib.rs b/testing/ef-tests/src/lib.rs
index 45f296d1f..ca5e47d2d 100644
--- a/testing/ef-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/testing/ef-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
 
+use reth_revm as _;
+use revm as _;
+
 pub mod case;
 pub mod result;
 pub mod suite;