diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
index a60e2dc447..97887d188e 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gateway-requests = { path = "../../../gateway/gateway-requests" }
 network-defaults = { path = "../../../common/network-defaults" }
 nymsphinx = { path = "../../../common/nymsphinx" }
 task = { path = "../../../common/task" }
-validator-client = { path = "../../../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
+validator-client = { path = "../../../common/client-libs/validator-client", features = ["nyxd-client"] }
 
 futures = "0.3"
 log = { workspace = true }