diff --git a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
index 191d11848..d87975f0a 100644
--- a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ reth-execution-errors.workspace = true
 reth-primitives.workspace = true
 revm-primitives.workspace = true
 reth-prune-types.workspace = true
-reth-metrics.workspace = true
+reth-metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 reth-storage-errors.workspace = true
 reth-execution-types.workspace = true
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ revm.workspace = true
 alloy-eips.workspace = true
 auto_impl.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
-metrics.workspace = true
+metrics = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 parking_lot = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ parking_lot.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
-std = []
+std = ["dep:metrics", "dep:reth-metrics"]
 test-utils = ["dep:parking_lot"]