diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic.yml b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
index 710cf1c5a..6a85c3ef5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run clippy
         run: cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: Check wavs-types standalone feature builds
+        run: cargo check -p wavs-types --no-default-features --features full --locked
diff --git a/packages/types/Cargo.toml b/packages/types/Cargo.toml
index 6a95a956c..a4777c3a8 100644
--- a/packages/types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/types/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ alloy-signer-local = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 commonware-cryptography = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 blst = { version = "0.3.16", optional = true }
 commonware-codec = { version = "2026.3.0", optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["sync", "rt"] }
 cosmwasm-schema = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ts-rs = { version = "11.1", features = ["serde-compat"], optional = true }