diff --git a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
index bf818bba45..23f7e1b257 100644
--- a/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,4 +30,6 @@ parking_lot = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 parking_lot.workspace = true
 
 [features]
+default = ["std"]
+std = []
 test-utils = ["dep:parking_lot"]
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/execute.rs b/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
index bf479271be..ea8b7abb07 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/execute.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use reth_prune_types::PruneModes;
 use revm::db::BundleState;
 use revm_primitives::db::Database;
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+
 pub use reth_execution_errors::{BlockExecutionError, BlockValidationError};
 pub use reth_storage_errors::provider::ProviderError;
 
diff --git a/crates/evm/src/lib.rs b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
index c25e3ae972..a3e643e88b 100644
--- a/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/evm/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 )]
 #![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg, doc_auto_cfg))]
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+extern crate alloc;
 
 use reth_chainspec::ChainSpec;
 use reth_primitives::{revm::env::fill_block_env, Address, Header, TransactionSigned, U256};