diff --git a/components/script/Cargo.toml b/components/script/Cargo.toml
index c87f0085687..9523dc628c2 100644
--- a/components/script/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/script/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 [features]
 debugmozjs = ['js/debugmozjs']
 unstable = ["servo_allocator/unstable"]
+unrooted_must_root_lint = ["script_plugins/unrooted_must_root_lint"]
+default = ["unrooted_must_root_lint"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cmake = "0.1"
diff --git a/components/script/lib.rs b/components/script/lib.rs
index f56e2c3dcaa..719275dc3ec 100644
--- a/components/script/lib.rs
+++ b/components/script/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #![doc = "The script crate contains all matters DOM."]
 
 #![plugin(script_plugins)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "unrooted_must_root_lint"), allow(unknown_lints))]
 
 extern crate angle;
 extern crate app_units;
diff --git a/components/script_plugins/Cargo.toml b/components/script_plugins/Cargo.toml
index 6b200e3ef0f..c6bc3eb2250 100644
--- a/components/script_plugins/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/script_plugins/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ publish = false
 [lib]
 path = "lib.rs"
 plugin = true
+
+[features]
+unrooted_must_root_lint = []
diff --git a/components/script_plugins/lib.rs b/components/script_plugins/lib.rs
index a929f394c21..3f256fdf11c 100644
--- a/components/script_plugins/lib.rs
+++ b/components/script_plugins/lib.rs
@@ -14,27 +14,35 @@
 //!                       Use this for structs that correspond to a DOM type
 
 
+
 #![deny(unsafe_code)]
 #![feature(macro_vis_matcher)]
 #![feature(plugin)]
 #![feature(plugin_registrar)]
 #![feature(rustc_private)]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "unrooted_must_root_lint")]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rustc;
+
 extern crate rustc_plugin;
 extern crate syntax;
 
 use rustc_plugin::Registry;
 use syntax::feature_gate::AttributeType::Whitelisted;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "unrooted_must_root_lint")]
 mod unrooted_must_root;
+
 /// Utilities for writing plugins
+#[cfg(feature = "unrooted_must_root_lint")]
 mod utils;
 
 #[plugin_registrar]
 pub fn plugin_registrar(reg: &mut Registry) {
+    #[cfg(feature = "unrooted_must_root_lint")]
     reg.register_late_lint_pass(Box::new(unrooted_must_root::UnrootedPass::new()));
+
     reg.register_attribute("allow_unrooted_interior".to_string(), Whitelisted);
     reg.register_attribute("must_root".to_string(), Whitelisted);
 }