diff --git a/examples/markup.rs b/examples/markup.rs
index 31dd7c1..b2aabda 100644
--- a/examples/markup.rs
+++ b/examples/markup.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate cursive;
 
 use cursive::Cursive;
+#[cfg(feature = "markdown")]
 use cursive::utils::markup::MarkdownText;
 use cursive::views::{Dialog, TextView};
 
@@ -11,8 +12,12 @@ use cursive::views::{Dialog, TextView};
 fn main() {
     let mut siv = Cursive::new();
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "markdown")]
     let text = MarkdownText("Isn't *that* **cool**?");
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "markdown"))]
+    let text = "Rebuild with --features markdown ;)";
+
     siv.add_layer(
         Dialog::around(TextView::styled(text).unwrap())
             .button("Hell yeah!", |s| s.quit()),