diff --git a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
index 8d1cb543..a7593ac9 100644
--- a/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_extras/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ all-features = true
 
 
 [features]
-default = ["dep:mime_guess2"]
+default = ["dep:mime_guess2", "serde"]
 
 ## Shorthand for enabling the different types of image loaders (`file`, `http`, `image`, `svg`).
 all_loaders = ["file", "http", "image", "svg", "gif"]