diff --git a/rstest/Cargo.toml b/rstest/Cargo.toml
index 2a12f7d..d237283 100644
--- a/rstest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rstest/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,12 +14,16 @@ readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/la10736/rstest"
 version = "0.14.0"
 
+[features]
+async-timeout = ["dep:futures", "dep:futures-timer", "rstest_macros/async-timeout"]
+default = ["async-timeout"]
+
 [lib]
 
 [dependencies]
-futures = "0.3.15"
-futures-timer = "3.0.2"
-rstest_macros = {version = "0.14.0", path = "../rstest_macros"}
+futures = {version = "0.3.15", optional = true}
+futures-timer = {version = "3.0.2", optional = true}
+rstest_macros = {version = "0.14.0", path = "../rstest_macros", default-features = false}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.2.0"
diff --git a/rstest/src/timeout.rs b/rstest/src/timeout.rs
index ffc4732..07edc3e 100644
--- a/rstest/src/timeout.rs
+++ b/rstest/src/timeout.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::{sync::mpsc, time::Duration};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "async-timeout")]
 use futures::{select, Future, FutureExt};
+#[cfg(feature = "async-timeout")]
 use futures_timer::Delay;
 
 pub fn execute_with_timeout_sync<T: 'static + Send, F: Fn() -> T + Send + 'static>(
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ pub fn execute_with_timeout_sync<T: 'static + Send, F: Fn() -> T + Send + 'stati
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Timeout {:?} expired", timeout))
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "async-timeout")]
 pub async fn execute_with_timeout_async<T, Fut: Future<Output = T>, F: Fn() -> Fut>(
     code: F,
     timeout: Duration,
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ pub async fn execute_with_timeout_async<T, Fut: Future<Output = T>, F: Fn() -> F
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    #[cfg(feature = "async-timeout")]
     mod async_version {
 
         use super::*;
diff --git a/rstest_macros/Cargo.toml b/rstest_macros/Cargo.toml
index 0f43da9..f276738 100644
--- a/rstest_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rstest_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true
 
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[features]
+async-timeout = ["rstest/async-timeout"]
+default = ["async-timeout"]
 
 [dependencies]
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ syn = {version = "1.0.72", features = ["full", "parsing", "extra-traits", "visit
 actix-rt = "2.2.0"
 async-std = {version = "1.9.0", features = ["attributes"]}
 pretty_assertions = "1.0.0"
-rstest = {version = "0.14.0", path = "../rstest"}
+rstest = {version = "0.14.0", path = "../rstest", default-features = false}
 rstest_reuse = {version = "0.3.0", path = "../rstest_reuse"}
 rstest_test = {version = "0.7.0", path = "../rstest_test"}
 
diff --git a/rstest_macros/src/parse/mod.rs b/rstest_macros/src/parse/mod.rs
index 9f57b89..20dbda8 100644
--- a/rstest_macros/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/rstest_macros/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use syn::{
     parse::{Parse, ParseStream},
     parse_quote,
     punctuated::Punctuated,
-    token::{self, Paren},
+    token::{self, Async, Paren},
     visit_mut::VisitMut,
     FnArg, Ident, ItemFn, Token,
 };
@@ -573,6 +573,23 @@ impl CheckTimeoutAttributesFunction {
     pub(crate) fn take(self) -> Result<(), ErrorsVec> {
         self.0
     }
+
+    fn check_if_can_implement_timeous<'a, 'b, 'c>(
+        &self,
+        timeouts: &'c [&'a syn::Attribute],
+        asyncness: Option<&'b Async>,
+    ) -> Option<syn::Error> {
+        if cfg!(feature = "async-timeout") || timeouts.is_empty() {
+            None
+        } else {
+            asyncness.map(|a| {
+                syn::Error::new(
+                    a.span,
+                    "Enable async-timeout feature to use timeout in async tests",
+                )
+            })
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for CheckTimeoutAttributesFunction {
@@ -583,13 +600,22 @@ impl Default for CheckTimeoutAttributesFunction {
 
 impl VisitMut for CheckTimeoutAttributesFunction {
     fn visit_item_fn_mut(&mut self, node: &mut ItemFn) {
-        let errors = node
+        let timeouts = node
             .attrs
             .iter()
             .filter(|&a| attr_is(a, "timeout"))
-            .map(|attr| attr.parse_args::<syn::Expr>())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let mut errors = timeouts
+            .iter()
+            .map(|&attr| attr.parse_args::<syn::Expr>())
             .filter_map(Result::err)
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        if let Some(e) =
+            self.check_if_can_implement_timeous(timeouts.as_slice(), node.sig.asyncness.as_ref())
+        {
+            errors.push(e);
+        }
         if !errors.is_empty() {
             *self = Self(Err(errors.into()));
         }
diff --git a/rstest_macros/src/parse/rstest.rs b/rstest_macros/src/parse/rstest.rs
index f661713..bb2051d 100644
--- a/rstest_macros/src/parse/rstest.rs
+++ b/rstest_macros/src/parse/rstest.rs
@@ -301,6 +301,39 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(2, errors.len());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "async-timeout")]
+    #[test]
+    fn should_parse_async_timeout() {
+        let mut item_fn = r#"
+            #[timeout(Duration::from_millis(20))]
+            async fn test_fn(#[case] arg: u32) {
+            }
+        "#
+        .ast();
+
+        let mut info = RsTestInfo::default();
+
+        info.extend_with_function_attrs(&mut item_fn).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "async-timeout"))]
+    #[test]
+    fn should_return_error_for_async_timeout() {
+        let mut item_fn = r#"
+            #[timeout(Duration::from_millis(20))]
+            async fn test_fn(#[case] arg: u32) {
+            }
+        "#
+        .ast();
+
+        let mut info = RsTestInfo::default();
+
+        let errors = info.extend_with_function_attrs(&mut item_fn).unwrap_err();
+
+        assert_eq!(1, errors.len());
+        assert!(format!("{:?}", errors).contains("async-timeout feature"))
+    }
+
     fn parse_rstest<S: AsRef<str>>(rstest_data: S) -> RsTestInfo {
         parse_meta(rstest_data)
     }