diff --git a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
index 5868ed48..f4c6e286 100644
--- a/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/egui_demo_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ bytemuck = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 puffin_http = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # Enable both WebGL & WebGPU when targeting the web (these features have no effect when not targeting wasm32)
-wgpu = { workspace = true, features = ["webgpu", "webgl"], optional = true }
+# Also enable the default features so we have a supported backend for every platform.
+wgpu = { workspace = true, features = ["default", "webgpu", "webgl"], optional = true }
 
 
 # feature "http":