diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd62625be131..7773bd3812f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cargo-features = ["default-run"]
+
 [package]
 authors = ["Scott Olson <scott@solson.me>"]
 description = "An experimental interpreter for Rust MIR."
@@ -6,6 +8,7 @@ name = "miri"
 repository = "https://github.com/solson/miri"
 version = "0.1.0"
 build = "build.rs"
+default-run = "miri"
 
 [[bin]]
 doc = false