diff --git a/common/core/desktop/build.sh b/common/core/desktop/build.sh
index 760631810d..2940034500 100755
--- a/common/core/desktop/build.sh
+++ b/common/core/desktop/build.sh
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ build_test_rust() {
 
     # Built library path for multi-arch (Windows) vs single (*nix)
 
-    cargo build --target-dir="$TARGET_PATH/rust/$TARGETBASE" $TARGET_FLAG $CARGO_TARGET
+    cargo build --target-dir="$TARGET_PATH/rust/$TARGETBASE" $TARGET_FLAG $CARGO_TARGET --features=$PLATFORM
 
     # On Windows, final output path is ./build/rust/<arch>/<arch_rust>/debug|release/<libraryname>
     # WASM is similar: ./build/rust/wasm/wasm_unknown_unknown/debug|release/<libraryname>
diff --git a/common/core/desktop/src/rust/Cargo.toml b/common/core/desktop/src/rust/Cargo.toml
index ca154a51e4..9b0299e550 100644
--- a/common/core/desktop/src/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/core/desktop/src/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 # This is required for 2018 support of Rust
 edition = "2018"
 
+[features]
+# We only need to enable wasm dependencies for the
+# wasm target
+wasm = ["wasm-bindgen"]
+native = []
+
 [lib]
 name = "rust_mock_processor"
 crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-wasm-bindgen = "0.2.63"
+wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2.63", optional = true }
 
 [profile.release]
 # Tell `rustc` to optimize for small code size.