diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bb7f6e9b7..b4399bb0f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub use crate::module_writer::{
 pub use crate::new_project::{init_project, new_project, GenerateProjectOptions};
 pub use crate::pyproject_toml::PyProjectToml;
 pub use crate::python_interpreter::PythonInterpreter;
+pub use crate::source_distribution::find_path_deps;
 #[cfg(feature = "upload")]
 pub use crate::upload::{upload, upload_ui, PublishOpt, Registry, UploadError};
 pub use auditwheel::PlatformTag;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7fc868019..da594cdf9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 #[cfg(feature = "scaffolding")]
 use maturin::{ci::GenerateCI, init_project, new_project, GenerateProjectOptions};
 use maturin::{
-    develop, write_dist_info, BridgeModel, BuildOptions, CargoOptions, DevelopOptions, PathWriter,
-    PythonInterpreter, Target, TargetTriple,
+    develop, find_path_deps, write_dist_info, BridgeModel, BuildOptions, CargoOptions,
+    DevelopOptions, PathWriter, PythonInterpreter, Target, TargetTriple,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "schemars")]
 use maturin::{generate_json_schema, GenerateJsonSchemaOptions};
@@ -433,13 +433,29 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             develop(develop_options, &venv_dir)?;
         }
         Command::SDist { manifest_path, out } => {
+            // Get cargo metadata to check for path dependencies
+            let cargo_metadata_result = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new()
+                .cargo_path("cargo")
+                .manifest_path(
+                    manifest_path
+                        .as_deref()
+                        .unwrap_or_else(|| std::path::Path::new("Cargo.toml")),
+                )
+                .verbose(true)
+                .exec();
+
+            let has_path_deps = cargo_metadata_result
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|metadata| find_path_deps(&metadata).ok())
+                .map(|path_deps| !path_deps.is_empty())
+                .unwrap_or(false); // If we can't get metadata, don't force all features
             let build_options = BuildOptions {
                 out,
                 cargo: CargoOptions {
                     manifest_path,
-                    // Enable all features to ensure all optional path dependencies are packaged
-                    // into source distribution
-                    all_features: true,
+                    // Only enable all features when we have local path dependencies
+                    // to ensure they are packaged into source distribution
+                    all_features: has_path_deps,
                     ..Default::default()
                 },
                 ..Default::default()
diff --git a/src/source_distribution.rs b/src/source_distribution.rs
index efe4fc414..856d72724 100644
--- a/src/source_distribution.rs
+++ b/src/source_distribution.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use tracing::{debug, trace};
 /// foo = { path = "path/to/foo" }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-struct PathDependency {
+pub struct PathDependency {
     /// `Cargo.toml` path of the path dependency
     manifest_path: PathBuf,
     /// workspace root of the path dependency
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ fn add_crate_to_source_distribution(
 }
 
 /// Finds all path dependencies of the crate
-fn find_path_deps(cargo_metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<HashMap<String, PathDependency>> {
+pub fn find_path_deps(cargo_metadata: &Metadata) -> Result<HashMap<String, PathDependency>> {
     let root = cargo_metadata
         .root_package()
         .context("Expected the dependency graph to have a root package")?;