diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92c732d..ebc06ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ categories = ["web-programming::http-client"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [features]
-default = ["tls"]
+default = ["tls", "cookies"]
 json = ["serde_json"]
 charset = ["encoding"]
 tls = ["rustls", "webpki", "webpki-roots"]
+cookies = ["cookie"]
 
 [dependencies]
 base64 = "0.10"
 chunked_transfer = "1"
-cookie = { version = "0.12", features = ["percent-encode"] }
+cookie = { version = "0.12", features = ["percent-encode"], optional = true}
 lazy_static = "1"
 qstring = "0.7"
 url = "2"
diff --git a/src/agent.rs b/src/agent.rs
index b87ab6d..16ee695 100644
--- a/src/agent.rs
+++ b/src/agent.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
-
+#[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
 use cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
 
 use crate::header::{self, Header};
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub(crate) struct AgentState {
     /// Reused connections between requests.
     pub(crate) pool: ConnectionPool,
     /// Cookies saved between requests.
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
     pub(crate) jar: CookieJar,
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ impl AgentState {
     fn new() -> Self {
         AgentState {
             pool: ConnectionPool::new(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
             jar: CookieJar::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -175,6 +177,7 @@ impl Agent {
     ///
     /// assert!(agent.cookie("NID").is_some());
     /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
     pub fn cookie(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Cookie<'static>> {
         let state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
         state
@@ -191,6 +194,7 @@ impl Agent {
     /// let cookie = ureq::Cookie::new("name", "value");
     /// agent.set_cookie(cookie);
     /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
     pub fn set_cookie(&self, cookie: Cookie<'static>) {
         let mut state = self.state.lock().unwrap();
         match state.as_mut() {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 87b7598..fbf58ce 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ pub use crate::request::Request;
 pub use crate::response::Response;
 
 // re-export
+#[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
 pub use cookie::Cookie;
 #[cfg(feature = "json")]
 pub use serde_json::{to_value as serde_to_value, Map as SerdeMap, Value as SerdeValue};
diff --git a/src/unit.rs b/src/unit.rs
index de3f738..ee194ae 100644
--- a/src/unit.rs
+++ b/src/unit.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::io::{Result as IoResult, Write};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use base64;
+#[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
 use cookie::{Cookie, CookieJar};
 use qstring::QString;
 use url::Url;
@@ -149,7 +150,9 @@ pub(crate) fn connect(
     let mut resp = Response::from_read(&mut stream);
 
     // squirrel away cookies
-    save_cookies(&unit, &resp);
+    if cfg!(feature = "cookies") {
+        save_cookies(&unit, &resp);
+    }
 
     // handle redirects
     if resp.redirect() && req.redirects > 0 {
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ pub(crate) fn connect(
 }
 
 // TODO check so cookies can't be set for tld:s
+#[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
 fn match_cookies<'a>(jar: &'a CookieJar, domain: &str, path: &str, is_secure: bool) -> Vec<Header> {
     jar.iter()
         .filter(|c| {
@@ -299,6 +303,7 @@ fn send_prelude(unit: &Unit, stream: &mut Stream, redir: bool) -> IoResult<()> {
 }
 
 /// Investigate a response for "Set-Cookie" headers.
+#[cfg(feature = "cookie")]
 fn save_cookies(unit: &Unit, resp: &Response) {
     //