diff --git a/igvmbuilder/Cargo.toml b/igvmbuilder/Cargo.toml
index 3cc507db8..ff1c7897e 100644
--- a/igvmbuilder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/igvmbuilder/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ name = "igvmbuilder"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
-[dependencies]
+# specify dependencies' target to avoid feature unification with SVSM
+# see https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/features.html#feature-unification
+[target.'cfg(all(target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
 bootlib.workspace = true
 
 clap = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/igvmmeasure/Cargo.toml b/igvmmeasure/Cargo.toml
index 5e2e23698..37c4ee737 100644
--- a/igvmmeasure/Cargo.toml
+++ b/igvmmeasure/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ name = "igvmmeasure"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
-[dependencies]
+# specify dependencies' target to avoid feature unification with SVSM
+# see https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/features.html#feature-unification
+[target.'cfg(all(target_os = "linux"))'.dependencies]
 clap = { workspace = true, default-features = true, features = ["derive"] }
 hmac-sha512.workspace = true
 igvm.workspace = true