diff --git a/egui_node_graph/Cargo.toml b/egui_node_graph/Cargo.toml
index 678ae28..6b54af4 100644
--- a/egui_node_graph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/egui_node_graph/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ readme = "../README.md"
 workspace = ".."
 
 [features]
-persistence = ["serde", "slotmap/serde", "smallvec/serde"]
+persistence = ["serde", "slotmap/serde", "smallvec/serde", "egui/persistence"]
 
 [dependencies]
 egui = { version = "0.16" }