diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 951b1371..3c9f4dfa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ futures = "0.3" # so the doctest for wrap_stream is nice
 pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
-web-time = "1.1.0"
+web-time = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["unicode-width", "console/unicode-width"]
-improved_unicode = ["unicode-segmentation", "unicode-width", "console/unicode-width"]
+default = ["unicode-width", "wasmbind"]
+unicode-width = ["dep:unicode-width", "console/unicode-width"]
+improved_unicode = ["unicode-segmentation", "unicode-width"]
 in_memory = ["vt100"]
 futures = ["dep:futures-core"]
+wasmbind = ["dep:web-time"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/src/draw_target.rs b/src/draw_target.rs
index df7ae03e..a905bc03 100644
--- a/src/draw_target.rs
+++ b/src/draw_target.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use console::{Term, TermTarget};
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", feature = "wasmbind"))]
 use web_time::Instant;
 
 use crate::multi::{MultiProgressAlignment, MultiState};
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 578c39c6..0378f091 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_cfg))]
 #![warn(unreachable_pub)]
 
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", not(feature = "wasmbind")))]
+compile_error!("The 'wasmbind' feature must be enabled when compiling for wasm32.");
+
 mod draw_target;
 mod format;
 #[cfg(feature = "in_memory")]
diff --git a/src/multi.rs b/src/multi.rs
index e2f64bc6..195c9f9d 100644
--- a/src/multi.rs
+++ b/src/multi.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crate::draw_target::{
     VisualLines,
 };
 use crate::progress_bar::ProgressBar;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", feature = "wasmbind"))]
 use web_time::Instant;
 
 /// Manages multiple progress bars from different threads
diff --git a/src/progress_bar.rs b/src/progress_bar.rs
index 692798c7..61a5990e 100644
--- a/src/progress_bar.rs
+++ b/src/progress_bar.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{fmt, io, thread};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", feature = "wasmbind"))]
 use web_time::Instant;
 
 use crate::draw_target::ProgressDrawTarget;
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index bfe19a12..92bac64c 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use portable_atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicU8, Ordering};
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", feature = "wasmbind"))]
 use web_time::Instant;
 
 use crate::draw_target::{LineType, ProgressDrawTarget};
diff --git a/src/style.rs b/src/style.rs
index 292f095e..939fa4e6 100644
--- a/src/style.rs
+++ b/src/style.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthChar;
 use console::{measure_text_width, AnsiCodeIterator, Style};
 #[cfg(feature = "unicode-segmentation")]
 use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
-#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", feature = "wasmbind"))]
 use web_time::Instant;
 
 use crate::draw_target::LineType;