diff --git a/repak/Cargo.toml b/repak/Cargo.toml
index 1e35868..332e236 100644
--- a/repak/Cargo.toml
+++ b/repak/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ hex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 paste = "1.0.11"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-all-features]
+denylist = ["oodle"]
diff --git a/repak/src/error.rs b/repak/src/error.rs
index 4bfd7df..bcb42b3 100644
--- a/repak/src/error.rs
+++ b/repak/src/error.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("enable the encryption feature to read encrypted paks")]
     Encryption,
 
-    #[error("enable the oodle feature to read oodle paks")]
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        windows,
+        error("enable the oodle feature to read Oodle compressed paks")
+    )]
+    #[cfg_attr(
+        not(windows),
+        error("Oodle compression only supported on Windows (or WINE)")
+    )]
     Oodle,
 
     // std errors
diff --git a/repak_cli/Cargo.toml b/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
index 0c3ef14..b31338b 100644
--- a/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/repak_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ edition.workspace = true
 name = "repak"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
+repak = { path = "../repak", features = ["oodle"] }
+[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
+repak = { path = "../repak" }
+
 [dependencies]
 aes = { workspace = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
@@ -19,6 +24,5 @@ indicatif = { version = "0.17.3", features = ["rayon"] }
 path-clean = "0.1.0"
 path-slash = "0.2.1"
 rayon = "1.6.1"
-repak = { version = "0.1.7", path = "../repak", features = ["oodle"] }
 sha2 = "0.10.7"
 strum = { workspace = true }