diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index 092e332c..da1aea6b 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -239,4 +239,8 @@ web-sys = { version = "0.3.58", features = [
 
 # optional web:
 egui-wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true } # if wgpu is used, use it without (!) winit
-wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
+  # Let's enable some backends so that users can use `eframe` out-of-the-box
+  # without having to explicitly opt-in to backends
+  "webgpu",
+] }