diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cabac612..b7e5983b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ async-trait = "0.1"
 async-object-pool = "0.1"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8"
 futures-util = "0.3"
-basic-cookies = "0.1"
 similar = "2.1.0"
 levenshtein = "1.0"
 form_urlencoded = "1.0"
 
+basic-cookies = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 colored = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 clap = { version = "3.0.0-rc.7", features = ["derive", "env"], optional = true }
 env_logger = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ colored = "2.0"
 ureq = "2.3"
 
 [features]
+default = ["cookies"]
 standalone = ["clap", "env_logger", "serde_yaml"]
 color = ["colored"]
+cookies = ["basic-cookies"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "httpmock"
diff --git a/src/api/mock.rs b/src/api/mock.rs
index 034afe38..131169a9 100644
--- a/src/api/mock.rs
+++ b/src/api/mock.rs
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ mod test {
     };
 
     #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "color"))]
     #[should_panic(expected = "1 : This is a title\n\
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\
     Expected:	[equals]		/toast\n\
diff --git a/src/api/spec.rs b/src/api/spec.rs
index 97ef964a..3c4cad85 100644
--- a/src/api/spec.rs
+++ b/src/api/spec.rs
@@ -667,6 +667,9 @@ impl When {
     /// * `name` - The cookie name.
     /// * `value` - The expected cookie value.
     ///
+    /// > Note: This function is only available when the `cookies` feature is enabled.
+    /// > It is enabled by default.
+    ///
     /// # Example
     /// ```
     /// use httpmock::prelude::*;
@@ -707,6 +710,9 @@ impl When {
     ///
     /// * `name` - The cookie name
     ///
+    /// > Note: This function is only available when the `cookies` feature is enabled.
+    /// > It is enabled by default.
+    ///
     /// # Example
     /// ```
     /// use httpmock::prelude::*;
diff --git a/src/server/matchers/mod.rs b/src/server/matchers/mod.rs
index 4fcaafb4..4bf05f44 100644
--- a/src/server/matchers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/matchers/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use basic_cookies::Cookie;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use similar::{ChangeTag, TextDiff};
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ pub trait Matcher {
 // *************************************************************************************************
 // Helper functions
 // *************************************************************************************************
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 pub(crate) fn parse_cookies(req: &HttpMockRequest) -> Result<Vec<(String, String)>, String> {
     let parsing_result = req.headers.as_ref().map_or(None, |request_headers| {
         request_headers
diff --git a/src/server/matchers/targets.rs b/src/server/matchers/targets.rs
index 76d2a0fd..1fafc6fc 100644
--- a/src/server/matchers/targets.rs
+++ b/src/server/matchers/targets.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
 use crate::common::data::HttpMockRequest;
-use crate::server::matchers::parse_cookies;
-use crate::server::matchers::sources::ValueRefSource;
+use crate::server::matchers;
 
 pub(crate) trait ValueTarget<T> {
     fn parse_from_request(&self, req: &HttpMockRequest) -> Option<T>;
@@ -69,17 +68,20 @@ impl ValueTarget<Value> for JSONBodyTarget {
 // *************************************************************************************
 // CookieTarget
 // *************************************************************************************
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 pub(crate) struct CookieTarget {}
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 impl CookieTarget {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {}
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 impl MultiValueTarget<String, String> for CookieTarget {
     fn parse_from_request(&self, req: &HttpMockRequest) -> Option<Vec<(String, Option<String>)>> {
-        let req_cookies = match parse_cookies(req) {
+        let req_cookies = match matchers::parse_cookies(req) {
             Ok(v) => v,
             Err(err) => {
                 log::info!(
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 70ee07c9..cc04ab6b 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ use crate::server::matchers::sources::{
     StringPathSource, XWWWFormUrlencodedSource,
 };
 use crate::server::matchers::targets::{
-    CookieTarget, FullRequestTarget, HeaderTarget, MethodTarget, PathTarget, QueryParameterTarget,
+    FullRequestTarget, HeaderTarget, MethodTarget, PathTarget, QueryParameterTarget,
     XWWWFormUrlEncodedBodyTarget,
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
+use crate::server::matchers::targets::CookieTarget;
 use crate::server::matchers::Matcher;
 use crate::server::web::routes;
 use futures_util::task::Spawn;
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ impl MockServerState {
                     weight: 1,
                 }),
                 // Cookie exact
+                #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
                 Box::new(MultiValueMatcher {
                     entity_name: "cookie",
                     key_comparator: Box::new(StringExactMatchComparator::new(true)),
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ impl MockServerState {
                     weight: 1,
                 }),
                 // Cookie exists
+                #[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
                 Box::new(MultiValueMatcher {
                     entity_name: "cookie",
                     key_comparator: Box::new(StringExactMatchComparator::new(true)),
diff --git a/src/server/web/handlers.rs b/src/server/web/handlers.rs
index 707d42e7..9208f38a 100644
--- a/src/server/web/handlers.rs
+++ b/src/server/web/handlers.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cookies")]
 use basic_cookies::Cookie;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
diff --git a/tests/examples/headers_tests.rs b/tests/examples/headers_tests.rs
index 0d132335..d028146e 100644
--- a/tests/examples/headers_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/examples/headers_tests.rs
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ fn headers_test() {
     // Assert
     m.assert();
     assert_eq!(response.status(), 201);
+    assert_eq!(response.headers().get("Content-Length").unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), "0");
 }