diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4a2a2eec..2c95a154 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ required-features = ["compare"]
 name = "nalgebra_bench"
 harness = false
 path = "benches/lib.rs"
+required-features = ["rand"]
 
 [profile.bench]
 lto = true