diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e074ab..2f5a23c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ rust-version = "1.70.0"
 clap = { version = "4.4.6", features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 pulldown-cmark = "0.6.0"
 rayon = "^1.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["blocking"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", features = ["blocking"], optional = true }
 url = "2.4.1"
 walkdir = "^2.0"
+
+[features]
+default = [ "network" ]
+network = [ "dep:reqwest" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 59ced15..72d4d1d 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -14,15 +14,16 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use url::ParseError;
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub enum LinkError {
     PathAbsolute,
     PathNonExistant,
+    #[cfg(feature = "network")]
     HttpStatus(reqwest::StatusCode),
-    HttpError(Arc<reqwest::Error>),
+    #[cfg(feature = "network")]
+    HttpError(std::sync::Arc<reqwest::Error>),
     UrlMalformed(ParseError),
     ReferenceBroken,
 }
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for LocatedDocumentError {
                 let (title, detail): (&str, Option<&dyn fmt::Display>) = match *error {
                     LinkError::PathAbsolute => ("Found absolute path", None),
                     LinkError::PathNonExistant => ("Found broken path", None),
+                    #[cfg(feature = "network")]
                     LinkError::HttpStatus(ref status) => ("Found broken url", Some(status)),
+                    #[cfg(feature = "network")]
                     LinkError::HttpError(ref err) => ("HTTP failure", Some(err)),
                     LinkError::UrlMalformed(ref err) => ("Found malformed URL", Some(err)),
                     LinkError::ReferenceBroken => ("Found broken reference", None),
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 26d6f85..521c414 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,15 @@
 mod document;
 mod error;
 
+use clap::Parser;
 use document::{Document, Error, Event};
 use error::{DocumentError, DocumentLocation, LinkError, LocatedDocumentError};
-use rayon::prelude::*;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::exit;
-use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::time::Duration;
-use clap::Parser;
-use reqwest::{blocking::Client, StatusCode};
 use url::{ParseError, Url};
 use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
@@ -173,6 +169,24 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "network")]
+    {
+        found_error |= check_urls(urls);
+    }
+
+    if found_error {
+        exit(1)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "network")]
+fn check_urls(urls: HashMap<Url, Vec<LinkContext>>) -> bool {
+    use rayon::prelude::*;
+    use reqwest::blocking::Client;
+    use std::time::Duration;
+
+    let mut found_error = false;
+
     let client = match Client::builder()
         .user_agent(format!("marker/{}", clap::crate_version!()))
         .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
@@ -194,12 +208,14 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
-    if found_error {
-        exit(1)
-    }
+    found_error
 }
 
-fn check_url(client: &Client, url: &Url) -> Result<(), LinkError> {
+#[cfg(feature = "network")]
+fn check_url(client: &reqwest::blocking::Client, url: &Url) -> Result<(), LinkError> {
+    use reqwest::StatusCode;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
     if url.scheme() != "http" && url.scheme() != "https" {
         return Ok(());
     }