diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb308babcc1..4306f4afe76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 * [#1894](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1894) Added exports `wasmer::{CraneliftOptLevel, LLVMOptLevel}` to allow using `Cranelift::opt_level` and `LLVM::opt_level` directly via the `wasmer` crate
 
 ### Changed
+
+* [#1955](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1955) Set `jit` as a default feature of the `wasmer-wasm-c-api` crate
 * [#1944](https://github.com/wasmerio/wasmer/pull/1944) Require `WasmerEnv` to be `Send + Sync` even in dynamic functions.
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml b/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
index 25444604cee..aa0bf7ab4d9 100644
--- a/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/c-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ default = [
     "deprecated",
     "wat",
     "cranelift",
+    "jit",
     "wasi",
 ]
 wat = ["wasmer/wat"]