diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 8fbba2ea..9e59bbee 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ readme.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
 publish = false
 
+# `tonic` is not used directly in example code, but it must be listed as a dep so the `ot` feature
+# can opt into the tonic-backed gRPC transport for `opentelemetry-otlp` (`grpc-tonic`).
+# Tell cargo-machete to ignore it so CI doesn't flag it as unused.
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["tonic"]
+
 [features]
 serde = ["foyer/serde"]
 jaeger = ["fastrace-jaeger"]
@@ -56,12 +62,6 @@ tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tonic = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
-# `tonic` is not used directly in example code, but it must be listed as a dep so the `ot` feature
-# can opt into the tonic-backed gRPC transport for `opentelemetry-otlp` (`grpc-tonic`).
-# Tell cargo-machete to ignore it so CI doesn't flag it as unused.
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["tonic"]
-
 [[example]]
 name = "memory"
 path = "memory.rs"
diff --git a/foyer-bench/Cargo.toml b/foyer-bench/Cargo.toml
index e9f9b9c1..e412a706 100644
--- a/foyer-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/foyer-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ readme.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["jemalloc"]
+default = ["jemalloc", "io_uring"]
 deadlock = ["parking_lot/deadlock_detection", "foyer/deadlock"]
 tokio-console = ["dep:console-subscriber"]
 strict_assertions = ["foyer/strict_assertions"]
 jemalloc = ["dep:tikv-jemallocator"]
 jeprof = ["jemalloc", "tikv-jemallocator?/profiling"]
 tracing = ["fastrace/enable", "foyer/tracing", "dep:fastrace-jaeger"]
+io_uring = ["foyer/io_uring"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/foyer-bench/src/main.rs b/foyer-bench/src/main.rs
index 431494b1..9a7d9135 100644
--- a/foyer-bench/src/main.rs
+++ b/foyer-bench/src/main.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use analyze::{Metrics, analyze, monitor};
 use bytesize::ByteSize;
 use clap::{ArgGroup, Parser, builder::PossibleValuesParser};
 use exporter::PrometheusExporter;
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
 use foyer::UringIoEngineConfig;
 use foyer::{
     BlockEngineConfig, Code, Compression, Device, DeviceBuilder, EngineConfig, FifoConfig, FifoPicker,
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ async fn benchmark(args: Args) {
             }
             builder.boxed()
         }
-        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
         "io_uring" => UringIoEngineConfig::new()
             .with_threads(args.io_uring_threads)
             .with_cpus(args.io_uring_cpus.clone())
diff --git a/foyer-storage/Cargo.toml b/foyer-storage/Cargo.toml
index b8588738..4d5ddfdb 100644
--- a/foyer-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/foyer-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ strict_assertions = [
   "foyer-common/strict_assertions",
   "foyer-memory/strict_assertions",
 ]
+# Enable the io_uring based I/O engine. Linux only.
+# This feature pulls in the `io-uring` crate, which ships prebuilt syscall
+# bindings only for a limited set of architectures. Disable this feature to
+# build foyer on architectures unsupported by `io-uring` (e.g. armv7).
+io_uring = ["dep:io-uring", "dep:core_affinity"]
 
 [dependencies]
 allocator-api2 = { workspace = true }
@@ -53,8 +58,8 @@ twox-hash = { workspace = true, features = ["xxhash32", "xxhash64"] }
 zstd = { workspace = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
-core_affinity = { workspace = true }
-io-uring = { workspace = true }
+core_affinity = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+io-uring = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 bytesize = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/foyer-storage/src/io/engine/mod.rs b/foyer-storage/src/io/engine/mod.rs
index a67c110c..a90971b4 100644
--- a/foyer-storage/src/io/engine/mod.rs
+++ b/foyer-storage/src/io/engine/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub mod monitor;
 pub mod noop;
 pub mod psync;
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
 pub mod uring;
 
 use std::{
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
     #[cfg(not(madsim))]
-    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
     use crate::io::engine::uring::UringIoEngineConfig;
     use crate::io::{
         bytes::IoSliceMut,
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ mod tests {
         let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
 
         #[cfg(not(madsim))]
-        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        #[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
         {
             let path = dir.path().join("test_file_1");
             let device = build_test_file_device(&path).unwrap();
diff --git a/foyer-storage/src/prelude.rs b/foyer-storage/src/prelude.rs
index 3b98e1e6..e59dff75 100644
--- a/foyer-storage/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/foyer-storage/src/prelude.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
 pub use crate::io::engine::uring::{UringIoEngine, UringIoEngineConfig};
 pub use crate::{
     compress::Compression,
diff --git a/foyer/Cargo.toml b/foyer/Cargo.toml
index 078fcb1b..0a9d9155 100644
--- a/foyer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/foyer/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ readme.workspace = true
 exclude.workspace = true
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["serde", "tracing", "nightly", "deadlock", "strict_assertions"]
+features = [
+  "serde",
+  "tracing",
+  "nightly",
+  "deadlock",
+  "strict_assertions",
+  "io_uring",
+]
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-udeps.ignore]
@@ -21,7 +28,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 development = ["jiff"]
 
 [features]
-default = ["runtime-tokio"]
+default = ["runtime-tokio", "io_uring"]
 clap = ["foyer-storage/clap"]
 serde = ["foyer-common/serde", "foyer-storage/serde"]
 nightly = ["foyer-storage/nightly", "foyer-memory/nightly"]
@@ -40,6 +47,10 @@ strict_assertions = [
 ]
 runtime-tokio = ["tokio/runtime-tokio"]
 runtime-madsim-tokio = ["tokio/runtime-madsim-tokio"]
+# Enable the io_uring based I/O engine. Linux only. Disable to build on
+# architectures where the `io-uring` crate has no prebuilt syscall bindings
+# (e.g. armv7).
+io_uring = ["foyer-storage/io_uring"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/foyer/src/prelude.rs b/foyer/src/prelude.rs
index 655e903c..502e5916 100644
--- a/foyer/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/foyer/src/prelude.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 pub use crate::common::tracing::TracingOptions;
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "io_uring"))]
 pub use crate::storage::{UringIoEngine, UringIoEngineConfig};
 pub use crate::{
     common::{