diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cf24278364..f88634fd456 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4261,6 +4261,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "ash",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "block",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "core-graphics-types",
  "glow",
diff --git a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
index c3158ee4e10..6b2a6f32bb6 100644
--- a/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/eframe/Cargo.toml
@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ pollster = { version = "0.3", optional = true } # needed for wgpu
 glutin = { version = "0.31", optional = true }
 glutin-winit = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 puffin = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+wgpu = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
+  # Let's enable some backends so that users can use `eframe` out-of-the-box
+  # without having to explicitly opt-in to backends
+  "metal",
+  "webgpu",
+] }
 
 # mac:
 [target.'cfg(any(target_os = "macos"))'.dependencies]