diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1c6d4ab..2d60797 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ description = "Validation of arbitrary types"
 repository = "https://github.com/metanomial/vet"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["validation"]
+
+[features]
+default = ["std"]
+std = ["alloc"]
+alloc = []
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bd3bb36..5ad451f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -62,13 +62,16 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 
-use core::ops::Deref;
+#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
+
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+extern crate alloc;
 
 /// A wrapper around a validated instance
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Vetted<T>(T);
 
-impl<T> Deref for Vetted<T> {
+impl<T> core::ops::Deref for Vetted<T> {
     type Target = T;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -107,7 +110,8 @@ impl<T: Vet> Vet for Option<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Vet> Vet for Vec<T> {
+#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+impl<T: Vet> Vet for alloc::vec::Vec<T> {
     type VetError = T::VetError;
 
     fn is_valid(&self) -> Result<(), Self::VetError> {