diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c470f72e..be300f7d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ reth-codecs = { path = "crates/storage/codecs" }
 reth-codecs-derive = { path = "crates/storage/codecs/derive" }
 reth-config = { path = "crates/config" }
 reth-consensus = { path = "crates/consensus/consensus", default-features = false }
-reth-consensus-common = { path = "crates/consensus/common" }
+reth-consensus-common = { path = "crates/consensus/common", default-features = false }
 reth-consensus-debug-client = { path = "crates/consensus/debug-client" }
 reth-db = { path = "crates/storage/db", default-features = false }
 reth-db-api = { path = "crates/storage/db-api" }
diff --git a/crates/consensus/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/consensus/common/Cargo.toml
index e551c64cc..448b3a168 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/consensus/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,3 +26,14 @@ alloy-eips.workspace = true
 alloy-consensus.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 
+[features]
+default = ["std"]
+std = [
+	"alloy-consensus/std",
+	"alloy-eips/std",
+	"alloy-primitives/std",
+	"reth-chainspec/std",
+	"reth-consensus/std",
+	"reth-primitives/std",
+	"reth-primitives-traits/std"
+]
diff --git a/crates/consensus/common/src/lib.rs b/crates/consensus/common/src/lib.rs
index e3503656b..9e5eb2aaf 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
 /// Collection of consensus validation methods.
 pub mod validation;
diff --git a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
index 0d9bc26c0..8f58e8241 100644
--- a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ std = [
 	"revm-primitives/std",
 	"revm/std",
 	"reth-ethereum-forks/std",
-	"reth-chainspec/std"
+	"reth-chainspec/std",
+	"reth-consensus-common/std"
 ]
 test-utils = [
     "dep:parking_lot",
diff --git a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
index 190b5d4f9..e2ec79401 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ std = [
 	"reth-optimism-forks/std",
 	"thiserror/std",
 	"op-alloy-consensus/std",
-	"reth-chainspec/std"
+	"reth-chainspec/std",
+	"reth-consensus-common/std"
 ]
 optimism = [
 	"reth-primitives/optimism",