diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ad9beab..577a042 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ name = "synapse_compress_state"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "synapse_compress_state"
+required-features = ["clap"]
+
 [dependencies]
 indicatif = "0.17.0"
 openssl = "0.10.48"
@@ -18,7 +22,6 @@ rayon = "1.3.0"
 string_cache = "0.8.0"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
-pyo3-log = "0.7.0"
 log-panics = "2.0.0"
 
 [dependencies.state-map]
@@ -31,16 +34,23 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "4.0.15"
 features = ["cargo"]
+optional = true
 
 [dependencies.pyo3]
 version = "0.17.1"
 features = ["extension-module"]
+optional = true
+
+[dependencies.pyo3-log]
+version = "0.7.0"
+optional = true
 
 [dependencies.tikv-jemallocator]
 version = "0.5.0"
 optional = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc"]
+default = ["clap", "jemalloc", "pyo3"]
 jemalloc = ["tikv-jemallocator"]
 no-progress-bars = []
+pyo3 = ["dep:pyo3", "dep:pyo3-log"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f0ccb09..6691a69 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@
 // of arguments - this hopefully doesn't make the code unclear
 // #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)] is therefore used around some functions
 
-use log::{info, warn, LevelFilter};
+use log::{info, warn};
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 use pyo3::{exceptions, prelude::*};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "clap")]
 use clap::{crate_authors, crate_description, crate_name, crate_version, Arg, Command};
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use rayon::prelude::*;
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     verify: bool,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "clap")]
 impl Config {
     /// Build up config from command line arguments
     pub fn parse_arguments() -> Config {
@@ -747,6 +750,7 @@ impl Config {
 /// Default arguments are equivalent to using the command line tool
 /// No default's are provided for db_url or room_id since these arguments
 /// are compulsory (so that new() act's like parse_arguments())
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 #[pyfunction(
     // db_url has no default
@@ -802,14 +806,15 @@ fn run_compression(
 }
 
 /// Python module - "import synapse_compress_state" to use
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 #[pymodule]
 fn synapse_compress_state(_py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
     let _ = pyo3_log::Logger::default()
         // don't send out anything lower than a warning from other crates
-        .filter(LevelFilter::Warn)
+        .filter(log::LevelFilter::Warn)
         // don't log warnings from synapse_compress_state, the synapse_auto_compressor handles these
         // situations and provides better log messages
-        .filter_target("synapse_compress_state".to_owned(), LevelFilter::Debug)
+        .filter_target("synapse_compress_state".to_owned(), log::LevelFilter::Debug)
         .install();
     // ensure any panics produce error messages in the log
     log_panics::init();
diff --git a/synapse_auto_compressor/Cargo.toml b/synapse_auto_compressor/Cargo.toml
index 2fa3bbc..7755bc8 100644
--- a/synapse_auto_compressor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/synapse_auto_compressor/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ authors = ["William Ashton"]
 version = "0.1.3"
 edition = "2018"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "synapse_auto_compressor"
+required-features = ["clap"]
+
 [package.metadata.maturin]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 project-url = {Source = "https://github.com/matrix-org/rust-synapse-compress-state"}
@@ -18,12 +22,11 @@ postgres = "0.19.0"
 postgres-openssl = "0.5.0"
 rand = "0.8.0"
 serial_test = "0.9.0"
-synapse_compress_state = { path = "../", features = ["no-progress-bars"] }
+synapse_compress_state = { path = "../", features = ["no-progress-bars"], default-features = false }
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 log = "0.4.14"
 log-panics = "2.0.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.42"
-pyo3-log = "0.7.0"
 
 # Needed for pyo3 support
 [lib]
@@ -32,15 +35,22 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "4.0.15"
 features = ["cargo"]
+optional = true
 
 [dependencies.pyo3]
 version = "0.17.1"
 features = ["extension-module"]
+optional = true
+
+[dependencies.pyo3-log]
+version = "0.7.0"
+optional = true
 
 [dependencies.tikv-jemallocator]
 version = "0.5.0"
 optional = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc"]
-jemalloc = ["tikv-jemallocator"]
+default = ["clap", "jemalloc", "pyo3"]
+jemalloc = ["tikv-jemallocator", "synapse_compress_state/jemalloc"]
+pyo3 = ["dep:pyo3", "dep:pyo3-log", "synapse_compress_state/pyo3"]
diff --git a/synapse_auto_compressor/src/lib.rs b/synapse_auto_compressor/src/lib.rs
index dc8a5f9..13d7ba2 100644
--- a/synapse_auto_compressor/src/lib.rs
+++ b/synapse_auto_compressor/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 //! on space reductions
 
 use anyhow::Result;
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 use log::{error, LevelFilter};
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 use pyo3::{
     exceptions::PyRuntimeError, prelude::pymodule, types::PyModule, PyErr, PyResult, Python,
 };
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ impl FromStr for LevelInfo {
 }
 
 // PyO3 INTERFACE STARTS HERE
+#[cfg(feature = "pyo3")]
 #[pymodule]
 fn synapse_auto_compressor(_py: Python, m: &PyModule) -> PyResult<()> {
     let _ = pyo3_log::Logger::default()