diff --git a/components/background_hang_monitor/Cargo.toml b/components/background_hang_monitor/Cargo.toml
index 9e7726e3928..e9263b29fb2 100644
--- a/components/background_hang_monitor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/background_hang_monitor/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ libc = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 
+[features]
+sampler = ["unwind-sys", "mach2"]
+
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
-mach2 = "0.4"
+mach2 = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(all(target_os = "linux", not(any(target_arch = "arm", target_arch = "aarch64", target_env = "ohos", target_env = "musl"))))'.dependencies]
 nix = { workspace = true, features = ["signal"] }
-unwind-sys = "0.1.4"
+unwind-sys = { version = "0.1.4", optional = true }
diff --git a/components/background_hang_monitor/background_hang_monitor.rs b/components/background_hang_monitor/background_hang_monitor.rs
index 9a034e6e0b9..0889cba8b63 100644
--- a/components/background_hang_monitor/background_hang_monitor.rs
+++ b/components/background_hang_monitor/background_hang_monitor.rs
@@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ impl BackgroundHangMonitorRegister for HangMonitorRegister {
         );
 
         #[cfg(all(
+            feature = "sampler",
             target_os = "windows",
             any(target_arch = "x86_64", target_arch = "x86")
         ))]
         let sampler = crate::sampler_windows::WindowsSampler::new_boxed();
-        #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "sampler", target_os = "macos"))]
         let sampler = crate::sampler_mac::MacOsSampler::new_boxed();
         #[cfg(all(
+            feature = "sampler",
             target_os = "linux",
             not(any(
                 target_arch = "arm",
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ impl BackgroundHangMonitorRegister for HangMonitorRegister {
         ))]
         let sampler = crate::sampler_linux::LinuxSampler::new_boxed();
         #[cfg(any(
+            not(feature = "sampler"),
             target_os = "android",
             all(
                 target_os = "linux",
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@ impl BackgroundHangMonitorRegister for HangMonitorRegister {
                     target_env = "ohos",
                     target_env = "musl"
                 )
-            )
+            ),
         ))]
         let sampler = crate::sampler::DummySampler::new_boxed();
 
diff --git a/components/servo/Cargo.toml b/components/servo/Cargo.toml
index 1f165ee0bb2..d0634b45cf3 100644
--- a/components/servo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/servo/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ crate-type = ["rlib"]
 [features]
 crown = ["script/crown"]
 debugmozjs = ["script/debugmozjs"]
+background_hang_monitor = ["background_hang_monitor/sampler"]
 jitspew = ["script/jitspew"]
 js_backtrace = ["script/js_backtrace"]
 layout_2013 = ["dep:layout_thread_2013"]
diff --git a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
index b13c251ce89..a97f04f5ba5 100644
--- a/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ports/servoshell/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ webgpu = ["libservo/webgpu"]
 [dependencies]
 euclid = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
-libservo = { path = "../../components/servo" }
+libservo = { path = "../../components/servo", features = ["background_hang_monitor"] }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 keyboard-types = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }