diff --git a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
index 34d243591724..d5b44023cf77 100644
--- a/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-pyarrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ name = "arrow_pyarrow_integration_testing"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-arrow = { path = "../arrow", version = "5.0.0-SNAPSHOT" }
+arrow = { path = "../arrow", version = "5.0.0-SNAPSHOT", features=["std"] }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["extension-module"] }
 
 [package.metadata.maturin]
diff --git a/arrow/Cargo.toml b/arrow/Cargo.toml
index f7a1b82b05aa..2ed57d2a965a 100644
--- a/arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ csv = ["csv_crate"]
 ipc = ["flatbuffers"]
 simd = ["packed_simd"]
 prettyprint = ["prettytable-rs"]
+# enable features that rely on std
+std = ["rand/std", "rand/std_rng"]
 # this is only intended to be used in single-threaded programs: it verifies that
 # all allocated memory is being released (no memory leaks).
 # See README for details