diff --git a/apis/c++/node/Cargo.toml b/apis/c++/node/Cargo.toml
index 5d1ce54f..595a7548 100644
--- a/apis/c++/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apis/c++/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["tracing-subscriber"]
+tracing-subscriber = ["dora-node-api/tracing-subscriber"]
+
 [dependencies]
 cxx = "1.0.73"
 dora-node-api = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/apis/c/node/Cargo.toml b/apis/c/node/Cargo.toml
index 7579960f..3d95d245 100644
--- a/apis/c/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apis/c/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["tracing-subscriber"]
+tracing-subscriber = ["dora-node-api/tracing-subscriber"]
+
 [dependencies]
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 flume = "0.10.14"
 tracing = "0.1.33"
 
 [dependencies.dora-node-api]
-default-features = false
-path = "../../rust/node"
+workspace = true