diff --git a/sdk/bpf/rust/build.sh b/sdk/bpf/rust/build.sh
index bdaf421bb..db8fbdf19 100755
--- a/sdk/bpf/rust/build.sh
+++ b/sdk/bpf/rust/build.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ export XARGO_RUST_SRC="$bpf_sdk/dependencies/rust-bpf-sysroot/src"
 export RUST_COMPILER_RT_ROOT="$bpf_sdk/dependencies/rust-bpf-sysroot/src/compiler-rt"
 
 cd "$1"
-xargo build --target bpfel-unknown-unknown --release
+xargo build --target bpfel-unknown-unknown --release --no-default-features --features program
 
 { { set +x; } 2>/dev/null; echo Success; }