diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 08e4240cf..86b226190 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ script:
   - cd parity-util-mem/ && cargo test --no-default-features --features=dlmalloc-global && cd ..
   - cd primitive-types/ && cargo test --all-features && cd ..
   - cd primitive-types/ && cargo test --no-default-features --features=serde_no_std && cd ..
+  - cd primitive-types/ && cargo test --no-default-features --features=scale-info && cd ..
   - cd rlp/ && cargo test --no-default-features && cargo check --benches && cd ..
   - cd triehash/ && cargo check --benches && cd ..
   - cd kvdb-web/ && wasm-pack test --headless --firefox && cd ..
diff --git a/primitive-types/Cargo.toml b/primitive-types/Cargo.toml
index 9646b344f..426920aa1 100644
--- a/primitive-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitive-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ impl-serde = { version = "0.3.1", path = "impls/serde", default-features = false
 impl-codec = { version = "0.5.0", path = "impls/codec", default-features = false, optional = true }
 impl-num-traits = { version = "0.1.0", path = "impls/num-traits", default-features = false, optional = true }
 impl-rlp = { version = "0.3", path = "impls/rlp", default-features = false, optional = true }
-scale-info = { version = "0.5", features = ["derive"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+scale-info-crate = { package = "scale-info", version = "0.6", features = ["derive"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+# we add parity-scale-codec here directly only because scale-info requires us to do so
+# see https://github.com/paritytech/scale-info/pull/61#discussion_r568760753
+parity-scale-codec = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ rustc-hex = ["fixed-hash/rustc-hex"]
 serde = ["std", "impl-serde", "impl-serde/std"]
 serde_no_std = ["impl-serde"]
 codec = ["impl-codec"]
+scale-info = ["codec", "scale-info-crate", "parity-scale-codec"]
 rlp = ["impl-rlp"]
 arbitrary = ["fixed-hash/arbitrary", "uint/arbitrary"]
 fp-conversion = ["std"]
diff --git a/primitive-types/src/lib.rs b/primitive-types/src/lib.rs
index 696ac6898..ab3248f60 100644
--- a/primitive-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/primitive-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mod fp_conversion;
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
 use fixed_hash::{construct_fixed_hash, impl_fixed_hash_conversions};
 #[cfg(feature = "scale-info")]
-use scale_info::TypeInfo;
+use scale_info_crate::TypeInfo;
 use uint::{construct_uint, uint_full_mul_reg};
 
 /// Error type for conversion.
diff --git a/primitive-types/tests/scale_info.rs b/primitive-types/tests/scale_info.rs
index 1acecf54e..3774c8448 100644
--- a/primitive-types/tests/scale_info.rs
+++ b/primitive-types/tests/scale_info.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //! Tests for scale-info feature of primitive-types.
 
 use primitive_types::{H256, U256};
-use scale_info::{build::Fields, Path, Type, TypeInfo};
+use scale_info_crate::{build::Fields, Path, Type, TypeInfo};
 
 #[test]
 fn u256_scale_info() {