diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index 94cf2334eb..a50a785bf2 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ min-trace-logs = [
     "reth-node-core/min-trace-logs",
 ]
 
-edge = ["reth-ethereum-cli/edge"]
+edge = ["reth-ethereum-cli/edge", "reth-node-core/edge"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "reth"
diff --git a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
index c421d8bacc..c4ea8711a6 100644
--- a/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ min-info-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_info"]
 min-debug-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_debug"]
 min-trace-logs = ["tracing/release_max_level_trace"]
 
+# Marker feature for edge/unstable builds - captured by vergen in build.rs
+edge = []
+
 [build-dependencies]
 vergen = { workspace = true, features = ["build", "cargo", "emit_and_set"] }
 vergen-git2.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
index 1c56c07b94..a928c8af2b 100644
--- a/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/optimism/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ serde = [
     "reth-optimism-chainspec/serde",
 ]
 
-edge = ["reth-cli-commands/edge"]
+edge = ["reth-cli-commands/edge", "reth-node-core/edge"]