diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
index ca7ecd21..7dadbd32 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ winapi = { workspace = true }
 default = [
     "code-mode",
     "local-inference",
+    "tui",
     "aws-providers",
     "telemetry",
     "nostr",
@@ -90,8 +91,9 @@ telemetry = ["goose/telemetry"]
 nostr = ["goose/nostr"]
 otel = ["goose/otel"]
 system-keyring = ["goose/system-keyring"]
+tui = []
 update = ["dep:sigstore-verify"]
-portable-default = ["rustls-tls", "aws-providers", "telemetry", "otel"]
+portable-default = ["rustls-tls", "aws-providers", "telemetry", "otel", "tui"]
 # disables the update command
 disable-update = []
 rustls-tls = [
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/cli.rs
index 5c3b9aad..aac8b77c 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ enum Command {
     },
 
     /// Launch the goose terminal UI (TUI)
+    #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
     #[command(
         about = "Launch the goose terminal UI",
         long_about = "Launch the goose terminal UI (the @aaif/goose npm package).\n\
@@ -1291,6 +1292,7 @@ fn get_command_name(command: &Option<Command>) -> &'static str {
         Some(Command::Skills { .. }) => "skills",
         Some(Command::Plugin { .. }) => "plugin",
         Some(Command::Term { .. }) => "term",
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
         Some(Command::Tui { .. }) => "tui",
         #[cfg(feature = "local-inference")]
         Some(Command::LocalModels { .. }) => "local-models",
@@ -2154,6 +2156,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Some(Command::Skills { command }) => handle_skills_subcommand(command).await,
         Some(Command::Plugin { command }) => handle_plugin_subcommand(command),
         Some(Command::Term { command }) => handle_term_subcommand(command).await,
+        #[cfg(feature = "tui")]
         Some(Command::Tui { args }) => crate::commands::tui::handle_tui(args),
         #[cfg(feature = "local-inference")]
         Some(Command::LocalModels { command }) => handle_local_models_command(command).await,
diff --git a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/mod.rs b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
index ef42795b..d687e13e 100644
--- a/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/goose-cli/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ pub mod schedule;
 pub mod session;
 pub mod skills;
 pub mod term;
+#[cfg(feature = "tui")]
 pub mod tui;
 #[cfg(feature = "update")]
 pub mod update;