diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 590aa91..8e67e7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,18 +18,19 @@ gpio_cdev = ["gpio-cdev"]
 async-tokio = ["gpio-cdev/async-tokio", "dep:embedded-hal-async", "tokio/time"]
 i2c = ["i2cdev"]
 spi = ["spidev"]
+serial = ["serialport", "embedded-hal-nb"]
 
-default = [ "gpio_cdev", "gpio_sysfs", "i2c", "spi" ]
+default = [ "gpio_cdev", "gpio_sysfs", "i2c", "spi", "serial" ]
 
 [dependencies]
 embedded-hal = "1"
-embedded-hal-nb = "1"
+embedded-hal-nb = { version = "1", optional = true }
 embedded-hal-async = { version = "1", optional = true }
 gpio-cdev = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 sysfs_gpio = { version = "0.6.1", optional = true }
 i2cdev = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 nb = "1"
-serialport = { version = "4.2.0", default-features = false }
+serialport = { version = "4.2.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 spidev = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 nix = "0.27.1"
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ee52767..b6c1397 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "i2c")]
 pub use i2cdev;
 pub use nb;
+#[cfg(feature = "serial")]
 pub use serialport;
 #[cfg(feature = "spi")]
 pub use spidev;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ pub use sysfs_pin::{SysfsPin, SysfsPinError};
 mod delay;
 #[cfg(feature = "i2c")]
 mod i2c;
+#[cfg(feature = "serial")]
 mod serial;
 #[cfg(feature = "spi")]
 mod spi;
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ mod timer;
 pub use crate::delay::Delay;
 #[cfg(feature = "i2c")]
 pub use crate::i2c::{I2CError, I2cdev};
+#[cfg(feature = "serial")]
 pub use crate::serial::{Serial, SerialError};
 #[cfg(feature = "spi")]
 pub use crate::spi::{SPIError, SpidevBus, SpidevDevice};