diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3510a2c032..514415522e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ data_types = { path = "data_types" }
 entry = { path = "entry" }
 generated_types = { path = "generated_types" }
 
-influxdb_iox_client = { path = "influxdb_iox_client", features = ["format"] }
+influxdb_iox_client = { path = "influxdb_iox_client", features = ["flight", "format"] }
 influxdb_line_protocol = { path = "influxdb_line_protocol" }
 internal_types = { path = "internal_types" }
 iox_object_store = { path = "iox_object_store" }