diff --git a/src/cargo/lib.rs b/src/cargo/lib.rs
index 201d43169..59b197870 100644
--- a/src/cargo/lib.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // For various reasons, some idioms are still allow'ed, but we would like to
 // test and enforce them.
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
-#![cfg_attr(test, deny(warnings))]
+#![cfg_attr(feature = "deny-warnings", deny(warnings))]
 // Due to some of the default clippy lints being somewhat subjective and not
 // necessarily an improvement, we prefer to not use them at this time.
 #![allow(clippy::all)]