diff --git a/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
index 70b3aaf2e8..ad162a7ef7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ default = ["std", "async_executor"]
 
 ## Enables multi-threading support.
 ## Without this feature, all tasks will be run on a single thread.
-multi_threaded = ["std", "dep:async-channel", "dep:concurrent-queue"]
+multi_threaded = [
+  "std",
+  "dep:async-channel",
+  "dep:concurrent-queue",
+  "async_executor",
+]
 
 ## Uses `async-executor` as a task execution backend.
 ## This backend is incompatible with `no_std` targets.