diff --git a/rust/bridge/ffi/Cargo.toml b/rust/bridge/ffi/Cargo.toml
index f5433220c6..681885fdce 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/bridge/ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ name = "signal_ffi"
 crate-type = ["staticlib"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["armv8"]
 armv8 = ["libsignal-protocol/armv8", "signal-crypto/armv8"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/bridge/jni/Cargo.toml b/rust/bridge/jni/Cargo.toml
index f1b77231fb..0d48b47fbe 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/jni/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/bridge/jni/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ name = "signal_jni"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["armv8"]
 armv8 = ["libsignal-protocol/armv8", "signal-crypto/armv8"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/bridge/node/Cargo.toml b/rust/bridge/node/Cargo.toml
index 94f20c772c..86396a3d18 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/bridge/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ name = "signal_node"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["armv8"]
 armv8 = ["libsignal-protocol/armv8", "libsignal-bridge/armv8"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/rust/bridge/shared/Cargo.toml b/rust/bridge/shared/Cargo.toml
index 1d13271c4a..9b67ece2a4 100644
--- a/rust/bridge/shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/bridge/shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ linkme = { version = "0.2.4", optional = true }
 signal-neon-futures = { path = "../node/futures", optional = true }
 
 [features]
+default = ["armv8"]
 ffi = ["libc", "libsignal-bridge-macros/ffi"]
 jni = ["jni_crate", "libsignal-bridge-macros/jni"]
 node = ["neon", "linkme", "signal-neon-futures", "libsignal-bridge-macros/node"]